This came across my Twitter account this morning and it was something I was worried about. Applications are seeing a drop in use across the board. I’m not surprised a day after the redesign, I lost things our company developed, and I couldn’t find other apps I use. It’s not well pointed out that apps and groups live in the lower left hand corner like a Windows “Start” button.

Anyway, From: All FaceBook

Top Facebook Applications See 25 Percent Drop In Traffic Since Redesign

Posted by Nick O’Neill on April 13th, 2009 11:15 AMIf you thought the last redesign spelled the death of the Facebook platform, you ain’t seen nothing yet! Last July Facebook released their new design and within a matter of months, widget applications had become a thing of the past. A few of those applications were able to withstand the changes but there’s a grim picture being painted weeks after Facebook’s latest redesign.

While LivingSocial and Quiz Monster have become leading developers thanks to the recent changes, many top developers like Slide, RockYou, Familylink.com, and a number of others are getting punished. Many of the top applications have seen a decline in usage of between 15 and 25 percent. Causes, the number one application on the platform (at least for another day when LivingSocial should take the #1 spot), has experienced a 24 percent drop in monthly active users.

Causes reached the maximum number of monthly active users for any application on the Facebook platform ever, maxing out at 26,949,385 back on March 20th. Since then it has been all downhill. Want

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