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I’ve seen more than one article about this news released by Facebook last week being revolutionary, taking it to the next step, etc. In their developer Wiki, Facebook announced a betsJavascript Client Library that as far as I can tell is basically the same thing as the API they already had just available now in static HTML sites using Javascript. One thing I didn’t get is that they say it’s an easy way to create AJAX Facebook Apps but then they go on to say it should be configured in an iFrame.

 

Now, I’m not into the "social network" stuff in general but in particular I don’t get the draw of adding applications from these sites into your own. Fueling the already huge flames and adding more and more raw data to these vast networks just seems odd to me. But anyone using computers regularly, people with email addresses, facebook pages and the like are making these big sites bigger.

 

The mechanics of the social cloud and how it all integrates and interacts with each other is a magnificent achievement and it does serve to make life easier and/or better in some ways but where does it end?  How much of our lives are saved in these huge databases and why does a select few get to profit from it?

 

Just a few thoughts that were spurred by this recent news. What do you think about all this?