insidefacebook.com - 11/3/2009
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Now that Facebook has changed the default News Feed for users back to an engagement-based algorithmic approach from the real-time firehose that had been in place since March, how should application developers adapt?
One thing developers should consider: how getting users to become a fan of ...
techcrunch.com - 11/2/2009
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techcrunch.com —
Last weekend I wrote about how the big
social gaming companies are making hundreds of millions of...
dollars in revenue on Facebook and MySpace through games like Farmville and Mobsters. Major media can’t stop applauding the companies long enough ...
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Scamville: The Social Gaming Ecosystem Of Hell
process-one.net - 11/5/2009
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process-one.net —
Facebook is preparing the launch of their XMPP
connection interface. It means that users will be able...
to use Facebook with any type of XMPP clients, ranging from desktop to mobile clients. This is a huge news for XMPP because it consolidates the ...
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Facebook chat supports XMPP, with ejabberd
news.cnet.com - 10/30/2009
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Facebook was awarded $711 million in a judgment
Thursday against self-described "spam king" Sanford Wallace. Judge Jeremy...
Fogel of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California granted Facebook's application for a default ...
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Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit
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Impact Of The New Homepage Redesign On Developers: Too Early To Tell
All Facebook —
... So what changes are being made to adjust for the decreased visibility of user generated feed stories? One change (as noted by Justin Smith) is that developers are getting users to become fans of their pages. The reason is that large applications tend to attract many more likes and comments on feed stories, increasing the likelihood that they’ll end up in a user’s stream. ...
How Are Smaller Developers Reacting to Facebook’s Platform Roadmap?
Inside Facebook —
... for the next few months. Some of the larger developers, while not enthusiastic about the changes, have expressed hope that they will bring about better engagement in the long run. Many have been heads-down working towards the changes, and we’re starting to see some of the results of that experimentation in their applications (such as a growth in the use of “fan boxes”, as well as new ...
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techcrunch.com 10/28/2009 —
Facebook is holding a Developer Garage today at its offices in Palo Alto, and a number of new app policies will be formally announced. Some of the changes, though, are so dramatic that Facebook has briefed the bigger app developers in advance. And ...
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