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The thing I'd worry about is annoying my actual friends by having all my Digg & Stumble stuff popping up in theirs news feed.
Suppose I could set up a second Facebook account though.
Cheers Dean,
Ben M
Developers and content creators of the world, it is time to free yourselves from the share cropping model that is web 2.0.
What will facebook give back to the developer community for their efforts ?
Will face book share a percentage of the value that is created in their company with the developers and content creators that have added the most value.
The value of that content creators and the developers add is something that is measurable. I doubt Microsoft invested close to a billion dollars in face book for their technology.
How does developing for face book or integrating "Open" Social help anyone but facebook ?
Why does developing for face book involve using non standard development methods when there are well known open source standards that could be used ? Because facebook like Microsoft and Google wants to be the standard and they want you to develop for their platform so that you can help them become the standard. I think we have seen this before; and we are still living with the repercussions.
Although i agree with some of your points, i would have to say that as a developer you are getting a lot back from Facebook since you can push content back to Facebook for more people to see.
From a developer stand point, Facebook have been very open and helpful about getting content onto the site and allowing people to create applications which can also generate revenue. The developer wiki is very comprehensive and the forums are also extremely helpful.
Obviously at the end of the day they are in to make money but they are one of the most supportive companies when developing for their product.
Its great to see your article about fbconnect but for me it doesnt work right. I cant see the Connect logo on the page even though i edited the header. Please advise me.
Sorry for the late reply, i didn't notice you had commented. Have you managed to get FB connect working yet?
Facebook isn't giving you anything except few ids (userId,eventId...) and you totally depend on them. It's not just Facebook, it's any other vendor ( Twitter, Google Friend Connect). I'm thinking that in future we shouldn't be locked in with FB,Twitter or any other vendor, but to create system where every user has full rights over their Internet profile and can choose what profile info to expose to others and over API.
Best Regards,
Niksa Jakovljevic
Software Engineer
Webcom Inc.
Thanks for the article. It is really nice. But the problem is, I see the same kind of info in lots of places. Everybody talks about the cover, not much about the inside stuff.
You said in one of your past comments,
****From a developer stand point, Facebook have been very open and helpful about getting content onto the site and allowing people to create applications which can also generate revenue. ****
I am not sure that statement is right. Most of the code is available for PHP developers. I am not a PHP developer and I am struggling to find code and clear instructions how to use the API if I want to use JavaScript.
***** The developer wiki is very comprehensive and the forums are also extremely helpful. *****
No, the wiki is comprehensive but beating around the bush. It lets me to drill down through the links and finally I find myself back on the starting page. And forums are a big joke. For very serious and important questions there will not be answer at all. Who monitors the forums? Facebook has no responsibility to answer the questions of its users if noone else can answer it?
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