techcrunch.com - 11/18/2008
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Earlier today Facebook released details on its new Verified App Program for third party developers.
Basically, application developers (there are 48,000 applications on Facebook today) can apply to become a Verified App. If they pass they get a badge and special placement in the Application ...
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for users. To help you get a better idea of what we mean, we're publishing our Guiding Principles for Social Applications. These principles articulate ...
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Can Facebook do anything without raising a ruckus?
Between the Lines —
... . Later, he calls the verification program a protection racket –not that there’s anything wrong with it as long as Facebook admits it. The other alternative: Facebook is really just trying to offset the cost, time and effort for verifying applications. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle, but one thing is clear: If any company other than Facebook did this verification fee thing the ruckus wouldn’t be nearly as large.
Facebook’s New App Verification Program Offers Protection — For a Price
Webmonkey —
... In theory the new verification program will help you decided which Facebook apps to trust — a new “verified app” badge will appear next to any applications that pass muster. But by attaching a developer fee of $375 to the badge, the Facebook App verification program looks a bit like what Techcrunch calls a Godfather-style Protection Racket. ...
Facebook's Verified App Program takes a lesson from open source
The Open Road —
TechCrunch calls Facebook's new Verified App Program a "protection racket." That's a bit harsh, but the marketing behind the move does smack of the Godfather: "Yes, my son, you could use that unverified application, but you don't want to get hurt, do you?" Basically, application developers (there are 48,000 applications on Facebook today) can apply to become a Verified App. If they pass they get a badge and special placement in the Application directory, plus increased communication limits with users, increased visibility in the news feed and some free advertising credits. If ...
Facebook developer scam (sorry, scheme)
p2pnet news —
... members into zillions of advertising dollars, but it may have found another way to earn a buck or two.
“Verifying Applications – a New Program Begins,” says Sandra Liu Huang on Facebook developers.
It’s Facebook’s plan to winkle cash out of third party developers, using its hoary old “it’s in users’ interests” excuse.
But, “There’s a word for this kind of system,” says Michael Arrington on TechCrunch.
“Oh yeah. Protection Racket.”
“As members of the ...
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