Open Graph issues inhibit past-tense sharing, force apps to make trade-offs

With Facebook users now able to make posts to previous dates — as far back even as their birth — there is an opportunity for developers to build apps that facilitate this “past-tense sharing.” There are, however, a few issues the social network will have to address in its API to allow these apps to integrate more seamlessly with Timeline.

Shoebox, UrbanSpoon and Wipolo, for example, have all sought to help users fill in their new profiles, but none has been able to do so in an ideal way because of deficiencies in Open Graph.

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