Facebook Application Requests are Starting to Feel a Lot Like Spam
In a recent comment on our speaker Nick O’Neill’s blog, Facebook Talk editor “Goob” wrote:
Facebook needs to allow users to turn off application requests. It doesn’t just feel like spam, it is spam. I’ve even talked to some of my friends who tell me they aren’t even sending the app request and they swear they have no idea how I ended up with a request from them. If I get bitten by a vampire or asked what my favorite alcoholic drink is one more time….
Goob, I certainly feel your pain. My number one spammy application: My Questions. I must get 10 requests from My Questions every day.
Nick O’Neill wants Facebook to collapse application requests into one single item in the homepage sidebar. But I think we need to be able to block requests from applications outright, just like we can block notifications from applications and mark them as spam.
Facebook should boot applications that send out too many unwanted requests. I know that puts them in a tough position, but they did sign up to be the spam police when they made the decision to open the API to third-party developers.
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I’m so glad I’m not the only person out there who is feeling frustrated by this problem. It’s such a glaringly obvious problem to me that I’m actually shocked Facebook hasn’t offered a fix for this yet.
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