Facebook’s redesign a couple weeks ago created a lot of backlash among millions of users but one company not complaining was Quiz Monster, who has now become a staple of every user’s news feed. The company has now also shot up the developer leaderboard to become the 10th largest application developer. One of the company’s more popular applications takes the name of the company, Quiz Monster, and lets users create their own quizzes that can then be published to the news feed.
The end result is that no matter how hard you try, quizzes still continue to appear in your news feed. While it’s great news for the company as they continue to jump up the leaderboard, I’m not so sure that all users appreciate the overwhelming presence of quizzes throughout their news feed. Then again, there is nobody else to blame about those feed stories other than the users who published them.
Two developers have benefited most from the redesign: LivingSocial and Quiz Monster. LivingSocial lets users create their own top 5 lists and their primary application, LivingSocial, now ranks among the top 10 applications and continues to grow daily. Quiz Monster has also been thriving but it hasn’t been as apparent as their user base is spread among multiple applications.
It’s debatable as to whether or not the quiz applications truly add value to a user’s feed but then again, it’s not the applications that are responsible for the feed stories, it’s the users! Do you think the new quiz applications are obtrusive? Have you been creating quiz applications yourself?
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Blaming the people who take the quiz isn't entirely fair. There used to be choices as to how quiz results were published (one line/short/full) and now "full" is the only option unless you don't want the results going into the stream at all, an option that is easily overlooked. While I'd rather not see them at all, I think the new all-or-nothing option helps no one — before, it was kind of fun to see a one-line blurb about the quiz results and go look if I wanted to. Now I usually tend to just block the quiz app altogether so the giant stories don't overwhelm my news page.
Comment by Facebook User — March 30, 2009 @ 8:48 am
I find the quiz activity feeds annoying as they overload my home page. It doesn't make me want to download the application and join in for a variety of reasons – one being that I'd be passing on the annoyance to all my friends. Why aren't we seeing other application activity quite as much – how did QuizMonster and LivingSocial take over?
Comment by katie — March 30, 2009 @ 9:18 am
I don't love the quiz results in my feed, but what really bothers me is that I'm not seeing when someone comments on a photo or becomes a fan of something – This makes me feel like I've lost sight in one eye.
Why quizzes and not these updates?
Comment by lizriz — March 30, 2009 @ 4:39 pm
I actually don't mind if my friends take all those quizzes and completing all those lists. They're just bored and those apps are just a way for them to kill time.
What I do mind is my inability to filter those quiz results!
Comment by Enrico Pangan — March 31, 2009 @ 3:47 am
These quiz results are the reason I have not used FB in the last two weeks. I was simply inundated with hundreds of "Top 5 beers" or "What farm animal am I?" type results. I only have 100 or so friends but my News Feed was 90% garbage like this.
I wont go back until they give me the option to turn this off. But honestly I dont miss it all that much.
Comment by Jason Taylor — March 31, 2009 @ 11:28 am
Quizzes are fun and sometimes really interesting. they are definitely a good way of attracting visitors to FB specially when you can create your own quiz.
Comment by CNR — April 27, 2010 @ 3:54 am
I want to know how to remove this from my newsfeed. did not want it permanently on their. Please notify me asap thanx
Comment by s mitchell — November 16, 2010 @ 7:20 pm
I hate these Facebook forced "apps". I don't want them. I didn't request them. I want them OFF. I want the option to take them off. Why is Facebook forcing these annoying apps on us? Someone please tell us how to remove them or someone find a way to rid us of these ridiculously , annoying FB forced apps. I have become obsessed with finding a way to get them off my FB, to no avail, obviously. Someone please HELP.
Thanks.
Comment by Marina — July 6, 2011 @ 2:49 am