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Feedback on FriendShuffle - StumbleUpon For Facebook Likes

12 points by jasonlbaptiste 16y ago

f8al 16y ago
this shit is bananas
- jasonlbaptiste 16y ago
  please don't create a new account just to leave comments that aren't useful.
sanj 16y ago
I was turned off as soon as the list of permissions showed up: Access my basic information: OK Send me email: OK Post to my Wall: No. Why do you need to post to my wall? To spam my friends? Do you have a better reason? Access posts in my News Feed: No. There's private stuff in there which you don't need. Access my data any time: No. I like the idea of my auth-token only lasting an hour. It limits the damage you can do.
- mcs 16y ago
  Access to News Feed is required to pull content. Posting is required for sharing. Access data at any time allows you to stay connected so you don't have to sign in with facebook every time you go to the site.
  - mootothemax 16y ago
    Access to News Feed is required to pull content. I thought you could do it all via the Open Graph API /links/ feed? Or am I missing something? :)
  - sanj 16y ago
    This is incredibly misleading. 1. You don't need access to my newsfeed to grab PUBLIC posts to my newsfeed, only private ones. 2. Posting is NOT required for sharing, only for "sharing" without the user's explicit permission. You can always use stream.publish, show a FB lightbox and share. Or user share.php. 3. You don't need to "login to FB every time you go to the site". An app can re-up the access token if there is a logged in Facebook account. If there isn't, you can ask the user to login. Again, this is typically used to pull data when you're not logged into FB at all. Shady.
    - mcs 16y ago
      "sharing without the user's explicit permission" is what happens when you click "I like it too!". A popup detracts from the user experience.
- mootothemax 16y ago
  Agreed - I just wanted to take a look at it first, not agree to handing over my entire account. What would work for me is to be asked at the time if I want to grant a permission (e.g. "Share this on my wall" triggers a Facebook alert the first time). I realise that this is extra work and there's a chance most users will agree to the initial screen without comment, but it's stopped me from going any further.
schlichtm 16y ago
This is like StumbleUpon on crack. I wonder if they could add categories? Would be interesting to just browse articles, videos, etc.
joebo 16y ago
I was going to suggest having a page that explains it without making me log in. I'm on the fence now. I am probably more likely to try it out if I have to log in. Maybe give an option for me to get out of the login box just so I can get more info?
mootothemax 16y ago
Isn't that "One of your friends liked this!" heading just a little bit deceitful? As far as I can tell it doesn't talk to Facebook at all - not impressed.
- Mazy 16y ago
  the first thing the site does is ask you to connect with Facebook. Are you not seeing that?
  - mootothemax 16y ago
    the first thing the site does is ask you to connect with Facebook. Are you not seeing that? I see the heading without connecting to Facebook. I also see it hard-coded into the page's HTML.

f8al 16y ago

this shit is bananas

jasonlbaptiste 16y ago
please don't create a new account just to leave comments that aren't useful.

sanj 16y ago

I was turned off as soon as the list of permissions showed up: Access my basic information: OK Send me email: OK Post to my Wall: No. Why do you need to post to my wall? To spam my friends? Do you have a better reason? Access posts in my News Feed: No. There's private stuff in there which you don't need. Access my data any time: No. I like the idea of my auth-token only lasting an hour. It limits the damage you can do.

mcs 16y ago
Access to News Feed is required to pull content. Posting is required for sharing. Access data at any time allows you to stay connected so you don't have to sign in with facebook every time you go to the site.
- mootothemax 16y ago
  Access to News Feed is required to pull content. I thought you could do it all via the Open Graph API /links/ feed? Or am I missing something? :)
- sanj 16y ago
  This is incredibly misleading. 1. You don't need access to my newsfeed to grab PUBLIC posts to my newsfeed, only private ones. 2. Posting is NOT required for sharing, only for "sharing" without the user's explicit permission. You can always use stream.publish, show a FB lightbox and share. Or user share.php. 3. You don't need to "login to FB every time you go to the site". An app can re-up the access token if there is a logged in Facebook account. If there isn't, you can ask the user to login. Again, this is typically used to pull data when you're not logged into FB at all. Shady.
  - mcs 16y ago
    "sharing without the user's explicit permission" is what happens when you click "I like it too!". A popup detracts from the user experience.
mootothemax 16y ago
Agreed - I just wanted to take a look at it first, not agree to handing over my entire account. What would work for me is to be asked at the time if I want to grant a permission (e.g. "Share this on my wall" triggers a Facebook alert the first time). I realise that this is extra work and there's a chance most users will agree to the initial screen without comment, but it's stopped me from going any further.

schlichtm 16y ago

This is like StumbleUpon on crack. I wonder if they could add categories? Would be interesting to just browse articles, videos, etc.

joebo 16y ago

I was going to suggest having a page that explains it without making me log in. I'm on the fence now. I am probably more likely to try it out if I have to log in. Maybe give an option for me to get out of the login box just so I can get more info?

mootothemax 16y ago

Isn't that "One of your friends liked this!" heading just a little bit deceitful? As far as I can tell it doesn't talk to Facebook at all - not impressed.

Mazy 16y ago
the first thing the site does is ask you to connect with Facebook. Are you not seeing that?
- mootothemax 16y ago
  the first thing the site does is ask you to connect with Facebook. Are you not seeing that? I see the heading without connecting to Facebook. I also see it hard-coded into the page's HTML.