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"Ask somebody who builds for it to describe the specifics, but there are now throttles and some sort of system where you earn the right to use the viral channel
by jfarmer 17y ago
"Ask somebody who builds for it to describe the specifics, but there are now throttles and some sort of system where you earn the right to use the viral channels."
All of that is going away in five days. No more requests, no more notifications, etc.
Nobody knows what will happen! Pandemonium! Haha.
- patio11 17y agoMemo to self: add "Do not build for platforms which could pull the rug from under you" to list of tips for founders with day jobs. That sort of thing would crunch my business like a tin can if it happened to me in the wrong week. (Actually, I think all weeks are the wrong week for something that big.)
- cellis 17y agoThis is why the game I'm currently working on is built using facebook iframe/connect, and not fbml; the thinking being that this product should be able to stand on it's own merit regardless of which API i mash into it.
- jfarmer 17y agoFacebook has done this at least three times previously. This time was better than previous because they actually laid out a roadmap with specific dates. http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Developer_Roadmap http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Developer_Road... So, anyone who hasn't factored this into the development model yet is, well, dead or going to die the next time it happens. :)