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by not_that_noob 2993 days ago
Someone can still write an app to distribute on FB, and can use its platform's ability to foster virality to make it take off. That's a core feature of FB. The change you're talking about, if indeed it was made, may reduce the speed of vitality a tad, but wouldn't really affect the ability for an app to spread virally.
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Can you cite any sources? What I've heard was that virality for apps drove off a cliff in 2014.