Facebook Applications

Hi,
In this weeks blog I will be talking about facebook and more specifically certain applications on facebook. Ill list my top ten in order of preference and say a brief sentence about why I like them then I will talk about my favourite two in even more depth.

My favourite ten are:

Texas hold em poker
I like playing poker so it’s good fun playing on facebook against real people who are also on facebook. Your not only playing poker you get to talk to people all over the
world while playing and as your not playing for real money no one takes it too serious.

Cities ive visited
I like this because it is a cool travel map of all the citied i have visited and as I love travelling I make sure that I update it every time i go somewhere new so that if any one is actually interested they can see where I have travelled.

Fantasy football
This is basically just fantasy football but its on facebook. So you select your favourite players and whenever they score you get a set amount of points you can compete with everyone on facebook for the top spot and it isn’t very time consuming to play.

Horoscopes
Horoscopes are always fun to read whether you believe them or not and sometimes these ones are scarily accurate.

Towerbloxx
Towerbloxx is the most addictive game on facebook. Everyone is always trying to get the top score but people don’t stay at the top for long as other people often knock them off.

Pac man
Pac man is a retro game but its still really fun and addictive and now that its on facebook you can compete with your mates for the top spot.

Nicknames
With nicknames you can give names to your friends and they can name you. What ever nickname that you can think of you can name them.

Arsenal fans
I like this application because it just sits there on my page and lets everyone know I’m a gunners fan.

Superpoke
I like superpoke because it gives me an excuse to seek attention from friends that I haven’t spoken to in ages in fun ways. I can throw a sheep at someone or dropkick them and because many other people also have the application they can do the same thing back.

Handy calendar
Puts a calendar on my profile so that people can see what events I have summing up and gives me a visual reminder of all my friends birthdays as it updates its self automatically.

My two favourite applications are probably Texas hold em poker and fantasy football this is because I like playing games online.

With the poker you compete to win fake cash so there are still good incentive to win. Its not as addictive as real gambling would be so there isn’t that financial danger but when you win big you sometimes do wish it was for real cash. Sometimes arguments happen; this is funny. People argue over the simplest of misunderstandings but generally everyone on here is really friendly and as you are playing against people all over the world you can even make new facebook friends if you wish.

Fantasy football isn’t played out in real time so its not as social. But it is still fun to play and it only requires 5 or 10 minutes of attention every now and then. It’s good to log on every now and then and see that you have new points because on of your players has been performing well in real life. Its downside is the fact that it doesn’t require much attention as it doesn’t keep you entertained for that long and as it isn’t very social you can’t tease your mates when you are doing better than them.

So... what makes a good facebook application?
In my personal opinion a good facebook application is one that doesn’t force you to invite 20 friends before you can use it. Ones that is addictive and allows you to invite your friends are the most popular as facebook is a social site, applications that involve your friends are the best.

The vampires, werewolves and slayers application was very popular a while ago. This is because it had all the properties that I listed. Even though you were not forced to add friends there was good incentive to do so because you got more points if you did so people were often spammed with many invites to join this application. Others such as the superpoke are very social as you have to actually have friends to enjoy it to its extent.