Read Write Web is right: new Facebook layout encourages profile housekeeping

I’m certainly guilty of clutter. There are plenty of apps that I’ve added to my profile and subsequently ignored. It’s not really worth the effort for me to uninstall them, so I just don’t use them.

The result? A profile full of applications I don’t use.

The extended profile was step one in reducing the “clutter” of unused or unwanted applications.

The new tabbed profiles will also, undoubtedly make users more conscious of the app display choices they make.

It will also encourage app developers to build applications that rely less on being seen (look at my profile box!) and more on the utility or metaphor they provide in social interaction (I poked someone). This is where the value to the user has been all along, of course, with profile badges mostly acting like “bling.”

I think this will be good for the platform overall. App developers should start thinking now about how they’re going to adjust for profile redeployment in the spring.

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