Part of me wants to be quick on the jump here and say Facebook can salvage the scraps by getting rid of the applications, but that'd be fallacy in it's highest regard. Applications for me are less about how annoying some of them can be, and how poorly they're implemented.
Those that require you to send invites to friends before you can make use of it, or simply requiring you to add the application just to see how someone has ranked you compared to the rest of your friends should get a slap on the wrist. It kills usability, and it hurts. I'll never use these apps, I'm just curious to see what my friend is trying to tell me.
Then again, at the same time you have applications that say you have a message waiting for you, when it's really nothing more than an invitation from someone else. Borderline Spam Marketing from your friends. And when your friends Spam you, what asylum is left?
Those that require you to send invites to friends before you can make use of it, or simply requiring you to add the application just to see how someone has ranked you compared to the rest of your friends should get a slap on the wrist. It kills usability, and it hurts. I'll never use these apps, I'm just curious to see what my friend is trying to tell me.
Then again, at the same time you have applications that say you have a message waiting for you, when it's really nothing more than an invitation from someone else. Borderline Spam Marketing from your friends. And when your friends Spam you, what asylum is left?