essentially lol, but it was much nicer when the apps weren't even an option. You didn't have to weed through a million things to find the info you wanted. Some may say it was boring before the apps but seems many here think it was nicer.
It was just a simply way of keeping in touch with friends or finding out what they were up too, now its not much different from myspace with all the "personalization" that people can do. Just makes your scrolling finger get more excercise lol