From the Facebook blog:

At the same time, we noticed other platform applications building their own walls - ways to leave various sorts of messages behind. We realized it made sense not just to add videos to Wall posts, but to make the Wall a more central place that any platform application could add content to. As a result, we have now launched an improved Wall.

Translation:

Somebody else wrote a better application than ours, so we stole it and implemented it as our default feature. We control the API! Haha, BURN!!

Explain to me why you want to work on a platform that's always going to give its own features precedence? (Granted, there are a few targetted applications Facebook can't compete in, but those are *very* limited).

Run, lemmings, run!

How fitting, I read this after posting.

Facebook completely removed the Audio music-sharing application from its platform last night, saying it violated music copyrights.

Audio was developed by a third-party using Facebook’s platform for developers, and Facebook says Audio violates its newly updated developer terms of service.

K, I'll stop writing about facebook. I've got better things to do, like ogle at pictures of Julia Allison, some chick who showed up at some tech parties and reminded a bunch of "high flying" techboys how woefully inadequate they are.

bling

In conclusion: Facebook; lame. Julia Allison: hawt.