Facebook Opens Pages to Outside Developers

prostoalex writes "Facebook is now allowing third-party developers to create pages within the site. Developers can use a combination of the Facebook API and a subset of HTML to create interactive pages accessible from within Facebook. Users retain complete control over which applications they want to have installed, and which applications they want to see on other people's profile. Developers can build on top of Facebook's social grid, and in case of a popular application gain distribution through Facebook newsfeed."

Re:MySpace, anyone?

[z0M6]

Hideous? nowaii! http://www.myspace.com/soybuddha [myspace.com]

Re:Facebook != Myspace

[B1ackDragon]

I don't know man. I don't really understand the analogy. Not enough cars.

Ooh! Facebook is like someone buying their kid a nice dependable car; something decent to get around in, looks ok and might even pick up a few chicks if kept clean and maintained.

Myspace, on the other hand, is like someone buying their kid a car and giving them an unlimited budget to trick it out however they see fit. Come to think of it, haven't I seen a myspace page somewhere with a giant lightning bolt painted on and huge aluminum wing stuck on the back...? ;-)