Would filtering clean up some of the trash????

There are far too many applications slowing down Facebook and some filtering would defiantly help ... read the following article and you'll agree

clipped from www.readwriteweb.com Why Facebook Should Introduce Filtering Written by Richard MacManus / October 8, 2007 / 1 comments Tim O'Reilly and team have done some interesting research into the rise of Facebook as an application platform. They released a report entitled The Facebook Application Platform, which we've been looking at in the virtual offices of Read/WriteWeb. One of the findings in the report is that Facebook apps follow the now familiar power law of popularity - a point also made by Alex Iskold in a R/WW post at the end of September. As the O'Reilly report put it: "a Facebook developer needs to build a huge viral hit to get anywhere near the top. As the aggregator, the company that benefits the most from niche applications is Facebook itself." Top 10 Facebook Apps Usage; chart by Alex Iskold, 27 Sept 2007 Alex's suggested solution was controversial - it got some kick back in the comments - but in light of the O'Reilly report it is worth considering: