Comments on: Facebook apps are deceitful! http://designingforexperience.com/2007/11/02/facebook-apps-are-deceitful/ A Holistic Approach to Design for People, Interaction, & Business Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:17:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aaronh http://designingforexperience.com/2007/11/02/facebook-apps-are-deceitful/comment-page-1/#comment-129 aaronh Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:19:16 +0000 http://aaronh.name/2007/11/02/facebook-apps-are-deceitful/#comment-129 Is it really rare? It seems like I get requests like this all the time. I get things that seem to say that oh my friend has __________ to/for me and just click here to see what, but instead it's an install request and there is actually no way to see what they did without installing. STUPID! and full of lies. Is it really rare? It seems like I get requests like this all the time. I get things that seem to say that oh my friend has __________ to/for me and just click here to see what, but instead it’s an install request and there is actually no way to see what they did without installing. STUPID! and full of lies.

]]> By: matt http://designingforexperience.com/2007/11/02/facebook-apps-are-deceitful/comment-page-1/#comment-130 matt Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:35:50 +0000 http://aaronh.name/2007/11/02/facebook-apps-are-deceitful/#comment-130 Depending on how you look at this, the problem you're bringing up is fairly rare. Very few companies are really partaking in that kind of deception. However, Slide, the makers of Fun Wall, is probably the largest Facebook app maker (with the most users) and they are notorious for their shady behaviors. They also made My Questions, and it was specifically cited as a problem application. Slide and Rock You were instrumental in forcing Facebook to disable what could have been a very cool feature - conditional Facebook applications. Don't worry, Facebook notices these things and does tend to remedy the problem. Unfortunately, they tend to disable the feature that enables deception, rather than punishing the people who abuse them. Depending on how you look at this, the problem you’re bringing up is fairly rare. Very few companies are really partaking in that kind of deception. However, Slide, the makers of Fun Wall, is probably the largest Facebook app maker (with the most users) and they are notorious for their shady behaviors. They also made My Questions, and it was specifically cited as a problem application. Slide and Rock You were instrumental in forcing Facebook to disable what could have been a very cool feature – conditional Facebook applications.

Don’t worry, Facebook notices these things and does tend to remedy the problem. Unfortunately, they tend to disable the feature that enables deception, rather than punishing the people who abuse them.

]]> By: aaronh http://designingforexperience.com/2007/11/02/facebook-apps-are-deceitful/comment-page-1/#comment-128 aaronh Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:04:38 +0000 http://aaronh.name/2007/11/02/facebook-apps-are-deceitful/#comment-128 Yeah, blocking apps doesn't seem to work at all, I wonder if that is because that is being defeated by developers purposefully, or it's just sloppily implemented by FB. Yeah, blocking apps doesn’t seem to work at all, I wonder if that is because that is being defeated by developers purposefully, or it’s just sloppily implemented by FB.

]]> By: Jen Cardew http://designingforexperience.com/2007/11/02/facebook-apps-are-deceitful/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Jen Cardew Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:49:45 +0000 http://aaronh.name/2007/11/02/facebook-apps-are-deceitful/#comment-127 Oh, I absolutely agree and I fell for that several times before I realized what it was! It is indeed a very tricky way to get those apps to become viral. My most recent annoyance with FB apps is the ones that automatically send such messages to all of your friends unless you uncheck the box (which no one seems to do) and the ones that send these messages everyday without the consent of the user. FB apps have added a lot of value to the network, but I'm beginning to question if they are actually worth all of the annoyances! (the "block app" feature *never* works for me) Oh, I absolutely agree and I fell for that several times before I realized what it was! It is indeed a very tricky way to get those apps to become viral. My most recent annoyance with FB apps is the ones that automatically send such messages to all of your friends unless you uncheck the box (which no one seems to do) and the ones that send these messages everyday without the consent of the user. FB apps have added a lot of value to the network, but I’m beginning to question if they are actually worth all of the annoyances! (the “block app” feature *never* works for me)

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