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I’m going to flesh out this topic when time permits, but for the moment I’d like to offer up this discussion in response to Jason Calcanis’ recent statements that “blogging is dead.”

I’ve been experimenting with Facebook after a very long absence and have discovered that video is now available there. Having also spent some time looking for an Official Seesmic application for Facebook I’ve so far been unable to find one. Charles Cloughly indicates at least one does exist but says there’s nothing particularly substantial available currently.

Charles goes on to say that “he’s game” to develop a Facebook application for Seesmic, and knows there are several other API guys out there and asks “now that you’ve made the request for an application, what do you want the application to do?”

This presents a tremendous opportunity for Seesmic users - and even prospective Seesmic users. It’s not every day you’re given the chance to voice your thoughts on an application that doesn’t exist yet, and thereby inform its development; so let’s make this opportunity count.

I encourage everyone to give some thought to desirable functionality and make your wishes and thoughts known. If you’re a Seesmic user please send your thoughts as a video comment to the thread above. Alternatively please enter your thoughts in the comment area of this post and I’ll ensure they’re passed along (there may end up being a wiki somewhere for this purpose - so watch this space). If you’re not comfortably with leaving a comment then feel free to email me.

Update: Loic has indicated (see the comments area here) that they’re already looking into a Seesmic application for Facebook, saying “we are building one, should take a few weeks, we would love your thoughts about it!” This is all the more reason to ensure you’re thoughts and input are heard by the developers, so jump into the Seesmic thread or leave a comment here and I’ll pass it along.