Facebook Directs Users To Games’ App Details Pages Instead Of To The Actual Games

Facebook announced a change aimed at giving users more detailed information about games, directing users who click on game stories in News Feed or in the right-hand sidebar, or game recommendations, directly to the games’ app details pages, rather than to the games themselves.

KingsRoadVideo650Facebook announced a change aimed at giving users more detailed information about games, directing users who click on game stories in News Feed or in the right-hand sidebar, or game recommendations, directly to the games’ app details pages, rather than to the games themselves.

The social network detailed the page in a post on its developer blog:

We’re giving people more information about your game before they install it. Now people who click on game stories in News Feed and game recommendations on canvas or on the sidebar in the right-hand column will be taken to the app details page instead of straight to the game.

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