Facebook has a new year’s resolution of its own, and it’s regarding the Facebook platform. Users may (or may not) be happy to see the changes if they notice them at all, while developers may see it as the oncoming avalanche of regulated applications. In a very snide manner, Facebook posted its resolution based on the fact that some developers are trying to take advantage of the news feeds update feature. Shouldn’t this be an expected byproduct of the newsfeeds? Or perhaps Facebook still confused about how it would like to use Mini-Feeds…
At any rate, Facebook has put some additional checks on email notifications as well as links installed in Mini-Feed notifications, in an effort to curb the misuse of feeds within Facebook. As a result of developers sending notification emails to users for one application along with another application for a pooled quota effect, Facebook is taking measures to keep developers from using tricks in order to get more users to sign up for applications. Specifically, Facebook has noticed that some developers have begun placing links into Mini-Feeds, notifications and notification emails in order to install additional applications.
Tsk, tsk. Don’t these developers know that Facebook is the only one allowed to use deceptive measures to gain from the activity of its users? Some would even say that Facebook needs to check itself before punishing others for an abuse of power when it comes to feeds, but that’s an entirely different post, best left to the banter-inducing whiles of our very own Rizzn.
On a related note, we’re glad to see Scoble’s Facebook account reactivated, but we’re still waiting to hear from Facebook its plans on dealing with the likes of Plaxo’s upcoming tool (other than blocking its users). Based on Facebook’s new year’s resolution, we’d expect even more regulation to ensue. Can Plaxo work around this, and push on for an open web according to an entity other than Facebook?
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