Facebook makes changes to Open Graph policy to reduce frictionless sharing, improve user experience

Facebook today announced a number of changes to its Open Graph guidelines and platform policies to cut down on practices that users find spammy or unwelcome.

Developers can no longer automatically share a user’s consumption of content unless they use built-in actions “Like,” “Watch,” “Read,” “Listen” or “Follow.” Apps with custom verbs must make sharing that action opt-in so as not to surprise or confuse users. For example, an app can not automatically publish that a user “browsed” a collection after they visit a section of an online store.

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