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Ask HN: Why is bufferapp allowed by Facebook?
I'm working on app very similiar to bufferapp but I found out that facebook recently revamped their application policies.
If you create a new app in facebook's dev portal, you'll have to ask for the 'publish_actions' permission. Further, you'll also have to provide detail explanation for why you need this and show a screencast of it following their policies. It even asks for a demo account...
Reading, https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/review/prefill
Shows that you may not pre-fill any message content and they are explicit about making sure that the content being shared was manually entered in by the user.
Clear bufferapp violoations.
1. "Pre-fill the user message parameter with any content the user didn't enter themselves, even if they can edit or delete that content before sharing. This applies to posts, comments, photo captions, and photo album captions."
2. "Prompt users to click or tap a button to auto-populate the user message parameter. Your app can suggest content, but the person using your app should choose to manually copy and paste or type that content themselves."
Anyone know on what technicality bufferapp is allowed to do this?
- uptownhr 10y agohttps://cl.ly/1t3B1V2g1w3D https://cl.ly/1t3B1V2g1w3D is an example of their setup page to request for access to 'publish_action'
- detaro 10y agoDoesn't buffer just post content the user entered before, which is explicitly allowed in your first link, or am I missing something?
- uptownhr 10y agoBuffer allows you schedule messages from a feed. Using buffer, you can subscribe to feeds and schedule content from these feeds one by one with a click of a button.
- detaro 10y agoRight, forgot about that part. I'd argue the intent is the same as if they typed it into the app? It's still a message they chose, not something modified by buffer. Maybe that's a way, + of course they are big and already exist and Facebook decided they'd rather have them around. Just because there are guidelines doesn't mean they apply to everybody.