Rumors from Reuters suggest that perhaps the cool release is a combination of a long-awaited Facebook app for Apple's AAPL iPad and unique application for photo-sharing on the iPhone. If so, the rumors seriously undercut the idea that Zuckerberg knows what awesome is. I've seen awesome. I live awesome. And this, sir, is not awesome.
With Google+ coming out and with Facebook playing footsie with China's repressive government (including disgusting rumors that Facebook may partner with the government there to gain a foothold on their social media marketplace), Facebook has to do much better tomorrow than a stupid iPad app and an iPhone photo-sharing app.
How could Facebook up the ante? Here are a few ideas.
Five much more awesome ideas than some silly Apple Apps
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- The #$^%ING dislike button I am of the mind that, if Facebook doesn't eventually come out with a dislike button, people will rise up and slay Mark Zuckerberg in an orgy of violence that would make Tarantino shed a single tear of joy. Why not just do it? The coding can't be any harder than the "like" button, and it would give me the chance to easily let my relatives know that their Tea Party rants are an ill-informed homage to a time that never was.
- Parental Filter. You are familiar with find and replace on word processing programs? Set up the same thing for moms, grandmas, and others on your family list. It will automatically find and replace all the words on your naughty list with words and phrases on the mom-approved list. "I got drunk and slept with Heather." automatically shows up on your mom's feed as "I did homework and aced an exam with Heather." Jackpot.
- Integration with Non-Facebook games How amazing would it be if Facebook partnered with gaming companies like Activision ATVI to offer a facebook companion application for the extremely popular World of Warcraft franchise? My little paladin would be stoked, I tell you, to find out she could make a little extra in-game bonus via Facebook.
- Facebook BillPay Imagine paying all your bills through a secure Facebook account. Little reminders could pop up to tell you when to pay. You could even earn game rewards for paying things on time. The marketing crossovers are endless. Two steps down the road, this kind of platform could be the basis for an entire, secure voting network, allowing us to do away with polling places (and perhaps small-r republican government) altogether.
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