Facebook Frustratingly Diverse Already

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I went to wish my ol'Melbourne buddy Cameron Reilly a happy birthday on Facebook...

"Cool, Facebook neatly tells me when it's my friends birthdays where all these other birthday reminders have failed."

.. so I go to his profile and write out a very witty birthday wish involving morning breath.

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Facebook says, "Please add 'Advanced Wall' App"

I say, "Get lost, I already have at least 2 wall apps."

I search for another wall on his profile. I find one, but it's not the one I use either. I find SuperWall, which I do use, but Cam has that one closed.

So I send him a message but it's not public so it's not as funny.

Here we are in the early days of Facebook and it's already got compatibility issues.

So let's talk about 'survival of the fittest' versus 'it just bloody works'.

I think my non-tech friends like that Facebook does everything they need well. It's not FULL FEATURED but it doesn't need to be. So do these same friends want Facebook open for variety and innovation, or do they want it controlled so it works?

I know lots of non-techies that are complaining about some of these issues already.

(It would be interesting to get feedback, but of course anyone reading this blog will most likely be techie and therefore unqualified.)