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I would hire him

bennytjia 15y ago
The fact that 1. a developer could create a working product that is live and used by a lot of users. 2. a developer could create something that draws a significant attention from a huge company like facebook since it turns out that the product has significant impact that it's actually all over the news when facebook tries to limit it. These to me would not be a strong reason for hurting a chance of employment. On the other hand, this is the kind of developer you want to work with.
- surfingdino 15y ago
  These things can bite you when you least expect them. Say you hired him to write a web app and later on the users (or investors, or clients) want to have FB login. Now you need to fire the guy or separate him from the FB login implementation, testing, and use. The guy's got a huge target mark on his ass.
  - emc11 15y ago
    Maybe I'm missing something, but generally when doing any type of Facebook/social integration type work, I'm not using my personal account, but rather one dedicated to that purpose (i.e. the client's). How in the world would Facebook know (big brother, tin foil hats, etc. etc.) if this guy is running API calls and send in their secret police? It seems incredibly unlikely to me that, by working through a client (or even a fake profile) and taking part in the thousands++ API calls that occur daily, that there would be any issue here.
  - fleitz 15y ago
    No it's just a cease and desist letter, even if he did comply its not a binding agreement. And even if he did agree facebooks systems are so automated that he would likely recieve an invite to use their systems which would nullify the ban. People banned from casinos often receive invitations to visit the casino which nullify the ban via the casinos marketing efforts.
    - Natsu 15y ago
      > even if he did comply its not a binding agreement. They're claiming he violated the ToS, which probably is binding. Moreover, they can take direct action to boot him from Facebook. I think Facebook is being silly here, but I don't see why people appear to think that they wouldn't follow through on their threats.
reinhardt 15y ago
Hopefully a hiring manager at Google will ping him soon.
- mjwalshe 15y ago
  Google are not fans of scraping and people running robots on their sites :-)

I would hire him

The fact that 1. a developer could create a working product that is live and used by a lot of users. 2. a developer could create something that draws a significant attention from a huge company like facebook since it turns out that the product has significant impact that it's actually all over the news when facebook tries to limit it. These to me would not be a strong reason for hurting a chance of employment. On the other hand, this is the kind of developer you want to work with.

surfingdino 15y ago
These things can bite you when you least expect them. Say you hired him to write a web app and later on the users (or investors, or clients) want to have FB login. Now you need to fire the guy or separate him from the FB login implementation, testing, and use. The guy's got a huge target mark on his ass.
- emc11 15y ago
  Maybe I'm missing something, but generally when doing any type of Facebook/social integration type work, I'm not using my personal account, but rather one dedicated to that purpose (i.e. the client's). How in the world would Facebook know (big brother, tin foil hats, etc. etc.) if this guy is running API calls and send in their secret police? It seems incredibly unlikely to me that, by working through a client (or even a fake profile) and taking part in the thousands++ API calls that occur daily, that there would be any issue here.
- fleitz 15y ago
  No it's just a cease and desist letter, even if he did comply its not a binding agreement. And even if he did agree facebooks systems are so automated that he would likely recieve an invite to use their systems which would nullify the ban. People banned from casinos often receive invitations to visit the casino which nullify the ban via the casinos marketing efforts.
  - Natsu 15y ago
    > even if he did comply its not a binding agreement. They're claiming he violated the ToS, which probably is binding. Moreover, they can take direct action to boot him from Facebook. I think Facebook is being silly here, but I don't see why people appear to think that they wouldn't follow through on their threats.

reinhardt 15y ago

Hopefully a hiring manager at Google will ping him soon.

mjwalshe 15y ago
Google are not fans of scraping and people running robots on their sites :-)