Facebook Now Lets You Block Quiz Makers In One Fell Swoop

Facebook has just announced the launch of a new Create Application API, which makes it easier than ever for users to build secondary apps based off of another app. It sounds like a good idea at first, but it comes with one nasty consequence: those viral and sometimes incredibly annoying quiz applications are going to become more popular than ever. Fortunately Facebook has had the foresight to release the new API with a complimentary new feature — you'll now be able to block the parent application of any of these quizzes, which means you can hide many of them from your News Feed with one click of the 'Hide' button.