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Facebook app parodies are better than Facebook apps

03:52 PM PT, Apr 10 2008

Something Awful [via Gawker] has a page of fictional "awful Facebook invitations" that do a good job of distilling the current state of Facebook applications: They are awful.  My favorite is this one:

Litebrites

But I'd rather install Remember Lite Brites than most real applications. There are now 21,000 apps, almost half of which are in the "Just For Fun" category.  Here are a few of those — and remember, these are real applications that someone decided to design and construct for your enjoyment:

Sausage

Whovote

Kyourfriends

Catholicdating

And after the jump is just a tiny fraction of the incredible number of "What kind of [BLANK] are you?" applications.  Maybe this is a generation-gap situation here, but I simply don't see the appeal in identifying yourself with lots of different kinds of things.  If there's anyone out there who does, please let me know.

Girl

Bird

Eyeliner

Roleplay

Slipknot

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