Facebook's Redesign: Bad News for Some Developers
According to All Facebook, not only did Facebook's latest redesign frustrate a lot of its users, but the new emphasis on the social network's news feed has turned out to be a major headache for developers. Some of the most popular Facebook applications have seen a 15 to 25% decline in usage over the last few weeks. Causes, the number one Facebook application, saw a drop of 24% in monthly active users since the redesign went live, and a number of popular applications from developers like Slide, RockYou, and FamilyLink saw a similar decline.
On the other hand, applications like LivingSocial have clearly profited from the redesign, and while Causes has lost over 6 million active users over the last few weeks, the overall number of users of the top 50 applications has remained relatively stable.
Swimming with the Stream
There has, however, been a clear shift in the types of applications that are becoming more popular right now. The new emphasis on the stream is driving users to apps that are able to leverage the feed, while those apps that haven't adapted to this new reality yet will find it increasingly hard to get any kind of critical mass on the service.
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this is a test of the whole thing you are about to read up on or just read about. how is that for confusing?
i think a feed is essential on a social networking site. it's definitely the thing that drew me to multiply.com back in 2004 and i think it was a huge help in taking FB from being a "check in once in awhile" sort of site to a "hang out all the time there" sort of site. but i agree, the new redesign has taken the few apps i used to use and shuffled them off to somewhere i no longer ever go. the last time i tried to get to one, it took me so many clicks it really wasn't worth it. i've pretty much given up on them all. (in fact, since the redesign, i've probably spent half as much time on facebook as i used to. not that i spent a whole lot of time there before. multiply still knocks FBs socks off.)
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Application with increasing share, includes those annoying quizzes ?
These days, the stream is infested with those, and since they're each counted as individual applications, blocking is useless either. New one pops out as soon as the earlier.
Been seeing less activities using applications that has a function at all.