http://disqus.com/people/8e3f0d97d0bc0537ead61159e5b03fc0/enMon, 15 Oct 2007 11:55:27 -0000http://allfacebook.disqus.com/facebook_gets_its_share_of_spam/#comment-1638138For me, it's not just spam messages or spam profiles that could start affecting the 'cleanliness' of Facebook. I feel that newsfeed items about applications and applications requests are just as irritating as any spam.<br>When the enslaught of applications began, what first struck me was how they completely detracted from that was the initial attraction of Facebook - seeing snippet after snippet of news about what your friends were doing (who they'd made friends with, what their status was and what photos they'd been tagged in, etc). I love gossip, so a newsfeed full of these details was heaven for me. When the newsfeed started getting filled up with 'news' about applications, the gossip-worthy nature of the site became diluted. I'm very anti-applications and it's something I've mentioned a few times in my blog here - <a href="http://somethingclosetonothing.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://somethingclosetonothing.blogspot.com/</a>Sarah BMon, 15 Oct 2007 11:55:27 -0000