Facebook

[GTGallop]

I'd like to have a Facebook thing that allows me to continually have something like the signature banner on my FB profile at all times. Thanks!

[pb]

We would if we could, but as far as I know Facebook doesn't allow you to put a permanent banner anywhere on your pages. If you want to let people know when you fuel-up, you could take a look at the instructions here for using a Fuelly RSS feed to import fuel-ups to Facebook. I posted that last year, but the process should roughly be the same.

[CindiK]

I think it would have to be a Facebook app. It would be nice if some savvy Facebook app developer who happens to also be into fuelly could look at the problem. I can't imagine it's very hard.

[pb]

CindiK, what do you want to be able to do at Facebook? Enter fuel-ups there?

[Shimrra]

i think that if something like the twitter app, where it auto updated your status to the fuelly post and had a link, options to follow, etc.

http://www.facebook.com/Manticore116...543&ref=mf

(link to the twitter app)

[Freejack]

The lose it app (for weight loss) is a similar app. The app posts your exercise calories used and weight loss to facebook as motivation to do better. Perhaps something similar:

I just fueled up, 38.4 mpg which is 3.2 mpg higher than average.

Or

I just fueled up, 33.9 mpg which is 3.2 mpg lower than average.

[pb]

ok, I see. I'm not trying to be mean with this comment I'm genuinely curious—do you like apps that do that? I don't use Facebook that much, but when I do log in I find all of those I exercised today and I just planted a virtual garden updates annoying. I know people must like them, I'm just not sure I want to create one of those because I personally don't enjoy them. I'd rather see human-written messages from my friends than messages from the programs they use. The same is true at Twitter which I use way, way more. I usually unfollow anyone who has a bunch of automated updates.

I understand Facebook is hot and everyone is there, I'm just not sold on app integration.

[Shimrra]

the trick is how it's used. if someone puts 10 updates in an 20 min, like anything it's annoying. but if it's 1 update every 2-3 days and the person is active it just kinda gets absorbed

[Shimrra]

that and if a person does not like an app, they have an option to block it's data from their update stream (like mafia wars)

[BDC]

Personally, I have almost no facebook friends who use fuelly or are interested in logging mileage. Those who are interested are already on fuelly, so I would not be interested in a facebook app. I'm also the kind of guy that hides basically every game or application from my news feed though.