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In my personal opinion, the Facebook employee's response shows that he doesn't understand the company's high-level business goals. Their developers may think t
by jdrock 16y ago
In my personal opinion, the Facebook employee's response shows that he doesn't understand the company's high-level business goals. Their developers may think they are building an open web, but it's very clear the company is only interested in a closed web they control.
Based on my interaction with website API developers, most of them honestly believe that they are building an open web. But let's face it, the API is a benefit to them and creates a critical dependency for the user of the API. It's basically vendor lock-in.
- natrius 16y agoAs far as I know, any data that people post to Facebook without restricted visibility can be pulled through the API. If a user has logged into your site and given you access to their data, you can access restricted data as well. You can also write to Facebook via the API. I'm not sure what you want Facebook to change.