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As an indie fb game developer, i 've been following zynga over the years. Their spam tactics were the reason that facebook started changing their platform polic
by ignifero 15y ago
As an indie fb game developer, i 've been following zynga over the years. Their spam tactics were the reason that facebook started changing their platform policies every month. Zynga took advantage of the fact that facebook at the time was not enforcing its app policies (remember forced invites?) so they maxed out their reach by using shady tricks and consistently breaking or bending the ToS. I remember me and other devs complaining to facebook for months and nothing was ever done. When facebook started limiting viral channels, zynga was already too big to be touched.
In the process, they destroyed many indie developers and the fear of being wiped by zynga is still everpresent. Personally, i find it hard to love anything about them, even after years. I 'm not jealous of them or their profits, but i find it hard to wish them "good luck". Maybe if they had started their own social gaming network i'd give them some credit. Zynga is still a parasite on facebook.
Here is a relevant answer from a former facebook engineer: http://www.quora.com/Will-Zynga-leave-Facebook http://www.quora.com/Will-Zynga-leave-Facebook
Here's them posting fake reviews of their games: http://forum.developers.facebook.net/viewtopic.php?id=41577 http://forum.developers.facebook.net/viewtopic.php?id=41577
- hugh3 15y agoI 'm not jealous of them or their profits Y'know, I think it's perfectly legitimate to be jealous of their profits.