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> Facebook jumped the shark when all those horrible, ugly apps started polluting the thing with idiocy.

Flickr and MySpace come to mind, too.

Generally, don't let a user pollute other users' posts/streams/walls with ugly invitations, apps, or animated glitter.

Many people have no taste or lack the ability to judiciously use such features. If you let them, your site will quickly become garbage.



I've fixed this long ago. Block all crap from Farmville, Mafia Wars, etc and goodbye spam.


Most people don't change default settings. Therefore most people have a pretty crappy experience with all the gunk on facebook. Therefore people will get bored with it and you will have less reason to go yourself.




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