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I'm sorry, it's a bit early in the morning for me. I browsed the 'about' page and could not understand what the application DOES. I am not about to log into fac

by kghose 14y ago

I'm sorry, it's a bit early in the morning for me. I browsed the 'about' page and could not understand what the application DOES. I am not about to log into facebook through some application somebody put up randomly on the internet just yet, simply to see for myself. So, to get me started what does this application do? Thanks!

darora 14y ago
Well, quite simply, you can anonymously[1] discuss things with your Facebook friends (or the whole world, if you'd like). [1]: That is, apart from the login and pulling in your list of friends so as to populate your "Friends' feed", we don't use Facebook IDs or names at all.
- kghose 14y ago
  Thanks. What is the identity that shows up on the friend's feed? Is it a constant one so that it can be blocked if needed? If one of your friends goes 'rogue' and starts to spam/harrass you through this will you have to systematically unfriend everyone till you find the culprit? Why would you want to have an anonymous conversation on facebook anyway? Sorry, don't get it.
  - darora 14y ago
    The friends' feed (or any other place, for that matter) doesn't show any identities. For "rogue" friends, we have on our roadmap a mechanism to "flag" users for a review of their postings. That'd trigger an admin banning them if necessary. The facebook component, is intended to be for a couple of things. Firstly, to allow you to restrict your discussion to just your friends (there are several scenarios in which you'd like their opinions, but you suspect they might not be completely honest with you if you knew who they were). Second, it allows us to be able to keep out bots en masse. The assumption being, of course, that Facebook polices its user-base to keep them out. In turn, the general quality of the discussions stays decent (well, for an anonymous platform, at least).

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I'm sorry, it's a bit early in the morning for me. I browsed the 'about' page and could not understand what the application DOES. I am not about to log into fac

by kghose 14y ago

darora 14y ago
Well, quite simply, you can anonymously[1] discuss things with your Facebook friends (or the whole world, if you'd like). [1]: That is, apart from the login and pulling in your list of friends so as to populate your "Friends' feed", we don't use Facebook IDs or names at all.
- kghose 14y ago
  Thanks. What is the identity that shows up on the friend's feed? Is it a constant one so that it can be blocked if needed? If one of your friends goes 'rogue' and starts to spam/harrass you through this will you have to systematically unfriend everyone till you find the culprit? Why would you want to have an anonymous conversation on facebook anyway? Sorry, don't get it.
  - darora 14y ago
    The friends' feed (or any other place, for that matter) doesn't show any identities. For "rogue" friends, we have on our roadmap a mechanism to "flag" users for a review of their postings. That'd trigger an admin banning them if necessary. The facebook component, is intended to be for a couple of things. Firstly, to allow you to restrict your discussion to just your friends (there are several scenarios in which you'd like their opinions, but you suspect they might not be completely honest with you if you knew who they were). Second, it allows us to be able to keep out bots en masse. The assumption being, of course, that Facebook polices its user-base to keep them out. In turn, the general quality of the discussions stays decent (well, for an anonymous platform, at least).