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As a facebook user, I'm happy I'm not longer gonna get "your friend has invited you to this app..." notifications. As a developer, though, I can see why this wo

As a facebook user, I'm happy I'm not longer gonna get "your friend has invited you to this app..." notifications. As a developer, though, I can see why this would be frustrating.

jamiemchale 14y ago
The main frustration here is that the Requests are those that are actively initiated by a user. A friend is actively trying to invite you to the app, rather than just an app spamming those who have once installed it.
- rhizome 14y ago
  I don't use FB apps, but by any chance is it common to provide rewards to users for inviting their friends via Requests?
  - misnome 14y ago
    Yes, at least if not directly - then by making it harder to proceed without "friends" playing the games. Also, it's not like they have carefully selected the group of friends that they want! The ones I have seen just have a "Send to all friends" tickbox.
    - makomk 14y ago
      It's still allowed for games, though.
  - idoh 14y ago
    The fb policy is that you aren't allowed to incentivize the sending of requests, but you can give a reward for someone accepting a request. A subtle distinction, but a distinction nonetheless.
- deservingend 14y ago
  App developers trick users into sending out that garbage. Create something people actually want and you won't have to spend your life trying to exploit every possible loophole in Facebook's system.
  - jamiemchale 14y ago
    This is what I was trying to achieve with my app. The Request notifications were for individual users - not pre-ticked. The problem is that creating something that people actually want, working via the channels that Facebook provides for people to access the Social Graph is very risky, as they can move the goalposts at any point.
- antihero 14y ago
  Still fucking annoying. Good riddance.
- mattmaroon 14y ago
  That logic melts down when it meets the ecosystem that churns out 5 Farmvilles or Slot Manias a day. Suddenly a rotating set of 1% of your friends list can make using Facebook so painful you'll stop, permanently. So many new apps launch that banning notifications by app gets tedious. They all suck in different groups of your friends, so banning notifications by friends is tedious. Not forever, perhaps, but long enough to make you think ill of Facebook. We've been there before, and even though as a developer I miss it, it was the right thing of Facebook to do.
- mattmaroon 14y ago
  That logic melts down when it meets the ecosystem that churns out 5 Farmvilles or Slot Manias a day. Suddenly a rotating set of 1% of your friends list can make using Facebook so painful you'll stop, permanently. So many new apps launch that banning notifications by app gets tedious. They all suck in different groups of your friends, so banning notifications by friends is tedious. Not forever, perhaps, but long enough to make you think ill of Facebook. We've been there before, and even though as a developer I miss it, it was the right thing of Facebook to do.

As a facebook user, I'm happy I'm not longer gonna get "your friend has invited you to this app..." notifications. As a developer, though, I can see why this would be frustrating.

jamiemchale 14y ago

The main frustration here is that the Requests are those that are actively initiated by a user. A friend is actively trying to invite you to the app, rather than just an app spamming those who have once installed it.

rhizome 14y ago
I don't use FB apps, but by any chance is it common to provide rewards to users for inviting their friends via Requests?
- misnome 14y ago
  Yes, at least if not directly - then by making it harder to proceed without "friends" playing the games. Also, it's not like they have carefully selected the group of friends that they want! The ones I have seen just have a "Send to all friends" tickbox.
  - makomk 14y ago
    It's still allowed for games, though.
- idoh 14y ago
  The fb policy is that you aren't allowed to incentivize the sending of requests, but you can give a reward for someone accepting a request. A subtle distinction, but a distinction nonetheless.
deservingend 14y ago
App developers trick users into sending out that garbage. Create something people actually want and you won't have to spend your life trying to exploit every possible loophole in Facebook's system.
- jamiemchale 14y ago
  This is what I was trying to achieve with my app. The Request notifications were for individual users - not pre-ticked. The problem is that creating something that people actually want, working via the channels that Facebook provides for people to access the Social Graph is very risky, as they can move the goalposts at any point.
antihero 14y ago
Still fucking annoying. Good riddance.
mattmaroon 14y ago
That logic melts down when it meets the ecosystem that churns out 5 Farmvilles or Slot Manias a day. Suddenly a rotating set of 1% of your friends list can make using Facebook so painful you'll stop, permanently. So many new apps launch that banning notifications by app gets tedious. They all suck in different groups of your friends, so banning notifications by friends is tedious. Not forever, perhaps, but long enough to make you think ill of Facebook. We've been there before, and even though as a developer I miss it, it was the right thing of Facebook to do.
mattmaroon 14y ago
That logic melts down when it meets the ecosystem that churns out 5 Farmvilles or Slot Manias a day. Suddenly a rotating set of 1% of your friends list can make using Facebook so painful you'll stop, permanently. So many new apps launch that banning notifications by app gets tedious. They all suck in different groups of your friends, so banning notifications by friends is tedious. Not forever, perhaps, but long enough to make you think ill of Facebook. We've been there before, and even though as a developer I miss it, it was the right thing of Facebook to do.