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by gailees 5021 days ago
It's people taking actions on behalf of themselves.
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nbpoole 5021 days ago
From the homepage: "BuddyHack: Did a friend leave Facebook open? Mess with it now."

It's an app designed to be authorized on someone else's account. You make that pretty clear.

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gailees 5021 days ago
People just happen to be using it innapropriately.
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carbocation 5021 days ago
Because you're inducing them to do so. I think your app is funny, but the language makes it clear that the intent is at odds with FB's platform rules.
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gailees 5021 days ago
Yeah...we've come to see that the language was encouraging behavior that was clearly against the spirit of the Facebook platform. We have since removed most of that language.
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interg12 5020 days ago
How does changing the language absolve you from the implications of your malicious app.
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interg12 5020 days ago
It can't be used appropriately.
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