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Facebook's permissions model is very complex. Just imagine a case where Fanny comments on Alice's photo which is shared to a custom friends list, which contains
by aristus 11y ago
Facebook's permissions model is very complex. Just imagine a case where Fanny comments on Alice's photo which is shared to a custom friends list, which contains Bert (Alice's friend), who Fanny put on her block list... and that's a simple example.
It has been proposed a number of times to put it all behind an API. I do not know if this has been finished yet. I remember an epic diff comment thread which only ended after the author defended her solution with a mathematical proof of correctness.
- amputect 11y ago> I remember an epic diff comment thread which only ended after the author defended her solution with a mathematical proof of correctness. Can you share anything more about this anecdote? I feel like there's a really interesting story there.
- aristus 11y agoNot a lot that's public, but Mary P commented on this AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ydy0w/i_am_raylene_yung_a_facebook_engineering_manager/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ydy0w/i_am_raylene_y...