The 7 best Facebook apps--according to Facebook
A recent event provided a good opportunity to get the skinny on popular Facebook applications. Find out what your friends are using as well as what applications Facebook insiders use and like.
After the Always On conference program closed on Wednesday, I headed over to the Lunch 2.0 event (it started at 5 p.m., but who's counting?) at Facebook HQ. When I got there, the room was packed with Facebook employees and builders. (See the video for a peek at the crowd; yes, that's Scoble.) I thought it would be a good opportunity to get the skinny on good Facebook applications. Beyond the statistically popular applications, and the applications you see that your friends are using, I wanted to know what applications Facebook insiders use and like.
Here's the weird thing: I had to talk to more than 20 people to come up with a good list. Several people said they didn't use Facebook applications. Granted, some of those were Lunch 2.0 hangers-on who just showed up for the free beer. But some were developers, and even some Facebook employees.
Still, several applications were clearly popular among the Facebookerati. Here they are. (You'll need a Facebook login to try these out.)
- (fluff)Friends. This application lets you put a fuzzy pet on your profile that your friends can feed and pet. You need "munny" to buy food for your pet, and you earn it by petting your friends' pets. Horrible. But three people mentioned this application to me.