Oh how I hate facebook

So a significant part of my idea is to allow people to embed content they have uploaded to my site within their own web pages. So for example, using blogger, this is no problem. For Facebook, however, it would appear its not possble....not without jumping through a series of hoops.

You know, that's really my beef with Facebook. Its whole layout. The social networking thing, as much as it is about the most hype-driven concept I've ever seen - including the original dot com bubble - well, social networking has its place (let's leave it at that). But the layout of that site. Je-sus. If facebook was a car, there would be 2 steering wheels (both in the trunk), an accelerator inside the right wheel well, and 15 rear-view mirrors which were not adjustable. But the real killer for me is how many people must think I'm dead wrong and that Facebook has it all arranged properly. For me, a site like Eventful is what social networking is supposed to look like. Same for YouTube. Facebook is not like any of those....things are really buried, and interfaces to do things change depending on the application you are using. And terms like "FunWall" may seem cutsie-poo, but they don't actually make sense. Especially given as how at best this is a guestbook, and at worst is overpromoted to have functionality it doesn't (i.e. what the hell is "embed-code" that doesn't accept video content from sites other than YouTube?)

Anyhoo, for now it appears my idea will simply not work with Facebook, and you know, as much as I'll pay for that in terms of publicity, I'm o.k. with it. In a perverse kind of what, I'd be more proud that my work didn't work with Facebook, than I would if it did. If my code worked natively with Facebook, then I too must have put the steering wheel in the trunk. Get it?