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I’ve had my Facebook account for quite a while but I never got around to updating and playing around with it. But with all the recent hype, I decided to dick around and explore if it really deserves all the noise. I have to admit, I’m very much impressed. I’m seriously considering leaving my other social networking accounts and start nesting in Facebook.
There’s one huge-ass problem, though. Most of my friends are still fixated on Friendster and Multiply. I think it’s up to me to convince them to consider getting a Facebook account, if not to totally make it their primary social networking site. With this in mind, I’m going to do a series of posts to pimp Facebook, and you’re all going to read it whether you like it or not.
But before I proceed, let me just point out that the screenshots you see here are products of the Jing Project software. Mike “Fucking” Villar did a nice review on this Jing thingamajig, and you should read it. If not, he’ll rape you. That’s a promise.
Moving on, I’ll start pimping Facebook by discussing one of the basic applications installed in your account when you sign up: the Photos application. First of all, here’s something about Facebook Applications:
Applications are tools that allow you interact with your friends and networks. Examples of applications that Facebook has built are Photos, Notes, and Groups. Now, Facebook allows third parties to develop applications that abide by your privacy settings and live within the site. Adding applications allows you to expand the usefulness of the site.
Visit their Help section for more about applications. Now, for the Photos app:
Facebook allows you to upload unlimited photos. Each photo album can contain up to sixty photos. While adding an album, you can rotate photos, add captions, and tag the people in your photos. Your friends can then view your photos and leave comments. You can set specific privacy settings for each of your albums, making them visible to certain networks and friends.
The first thing that I look for in online photo albums is the amount of photos I can upload. With Facebook, that’s not an issue. You can upload an unlimited number of photos, much like in Multiply. One drawback though is that, unlike in Multiply where you can upload any number of photos in an album, you can only upload 60 photos per album. But that’s not a biggie since an online album containing too many photos can be boring and too overwhelming to browse.
Uploading photos in Facebook is a breeze. The default way is via Java uploader, which may become a hassle if you don’t have Java installed in your computer. If so, you’re not cool. And if it’s okay for you to be uncool, you can just use the simple browser uploader which will only let you upload 5 photos at a time. You suck.
Like with most online photo albums nowadays, you can tag photos so your stalkers can easily find photos of you half-naked at the beach. Facebook makes it easier and more fun by letting you click on a specific part of your photo so your tags can be associated to that specific portion, much like what Flickr does. This eliminates the need for you to enumerate the people in a group photo in the description. Nifty.
If you want to keep the stalkers away, you can set the privacy settings for each album. That way, only your stalkers pretending to be your online friends can ogle your sexy, sexy photos. Facebook’s Photos app also lets you keep tabs on your friends’ latest albums and photos tagged with their names.
There’s not a lot of stuff that you won’t find in other online photo albums, but all the necessary and useful features are here. For more info about the Photos app, check out Facebook’s Help section.
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Uhm, Mr. Baddie, will we keep seeing your face in your future Facebook posts? *gulp*
Hay, you just gave me a brilliant idea! My FACE on every FACEbook post! Genius!
Also, please refrain from telling your sexy sexy friends to set their privacy settings to High. That would put me out of business. Thanks.
Um, will you rape me if I get a facebook account?
Facebook?! WTF are you, a white boy?
No, you’ll just turn into Michael Jackson.
@Ade: Why not?
@Helga: No, I’m black yo! NiggaWHUT?!