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by potatolicious
4864 days ago
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> "I don't think that it's a great idea to build a business model that relies on Facebook" Correction: it's a bad idea to build a business model that relies on screwing Facebook, on Facebook's platform. One of Facebook's priorities is keeping its users engaged and happy - invite-heavy, spammy apps run directly contrary to that goal (in a very egregious, very serious way). It is no surprise that Facebook slammed that door shut. This is generalizable to: if you are reliant on a third party platform and your interests are aligned against the interests of the platform, you will fail. |
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Engaged, yes. Happy, bullshit. Facebook ignores its users and abuses them far more regularly than most other companies. Anecdotally, everyone I know hates facebook and wants an alternative that has active users. By numbers, Facebook was the last in brand satisfaction for its market in 2011[1], although ACSI appears to have died since then. I strongly suspect the reason facebook restricted notifications was because they weren't making enough money to offset e.g. disabling of notifications.
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[1]: http://news.yahoo.com/acsi-facebooks-consumer-satisfaction-s...