Submission + - Facebook Tip - not approving new applications
Anonymous Coward writes: "Hi,
Here's something about Facebook you'll be interested in.
Obviously, Facebook is touting their "applications" as opening the site up.
BUT: Facebook is not approving any new applications. This isn't by policy; this is just reality based on empirical data.
Here is the data: On Friday (the day after it launched — I didn't check it on Thursday) morning at about 9am, they had 10 pages of applications, or about 100 application (10/page). Today, they have 10 pages + 1 application.
How many applications would you guess have been submitted to Facebook for their approval since Friday? I'd guess at least another 100. I personally know at least 10 people who have submitted applications that haven't been yet approved. To have approved at most a couple is ... ridiculous (and susicious?). At this rate, the list of applications waiting to be approved will grow exponentially. And the # of users of Facebook's partners/sponsors' applications (which were there the day of launch) will also grow exponentially, even if they're not necessarily the best.
And, I'd prefer to be anonymous on this tip.
Thanks."