Facebook Aims To Curb App Spam: Starting Oct. 2, Developers Can No Longer Use API To Post Directly To Friends’ Walls
Starting Oct. 2, applications on Facebook will no longer be able to use its application-programming interfaces to post stories directly to the walls of users’ friends, the social network announced in a post on its developer blog.
Starting Oct. 2, applications on Facebook will no longer be able to use its application-programming interfaces to post stories directly to the walls of users’ friends, the social network announced in a post on its developer blog.
Facebook pointed to negative feedback from users as the reason for the change, saying:
We have found that posting content via API (stream.publish) on a friend’s wall leads to a high incidence of user dissatisfaction (hiding content, blocking the app).
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