DISQUS

It is silly at best... Turning the screws on news feeds makes sense because those are not necessarily user generated...

Limiting invites which are user generated is odd. Basically Facebook is telling users (not application) that they can not do something as basic as sharing something with their friends... I mean is that not what social networking is all about? Perhaps instead of limiting what users and can do Facebook should think of improving invitation relevance... one though could be to rank invitation from people who are more relevant in ones life, though I am sure there are other options.

I feel that with this one Facebook is really punishing the wrong group...

Ummm... I am not familiar with iLike's biz model but I would guess that iCast (the part that FB included) is not what makes them money :-)

Ultimately weather they include established apps or not FB is walking a fine line. Zuckerberg stood up at the launch of the FB Platform and said they were going to be a social Operating System on which people will build apps. It just no longer rings true. Call me jaded :-)

I think you are missing a far more sinister issue here. With this particular announcement Facebook is now directly competing with iLike and Flixter (both application on Facebook and both drove a lot usage to Facebook).

I find it to be an interesting way to payback those who made Facebook successful. Which application will be next?