Facebook made its Android app crash to test user loyalty?

Post by sparky_ » Thu, Jan 07, 2016, 1:45 AM UTC

gruez wrote: post #6

incepted wrote: post #3

Please either point directly to the article that claims to have uncovered this (which is behind a paywall) or don't post anything. Right now, there is zero evidence that any of this is real.

You can bypass the paywall by entering your email. Even in the full article they only mention a confidential source, which makes sense because even if it was real, it's very easy to cause a crash without leaving a trace in the app. For instance, the server might purposefully send a malformed response that causes the client to crash. full article mirror: https://i.imgur.com/umOEvs7.jpg

Post by electic » Thu, Jan 07, 2016, 1:51 AM UTC

Post by ch4s3 » Thu, Jan 07, 2016, 2:02 AM UTC

dkarapetyan wrote: post #12

Sounds like the beginning of an urban legend. The truth of the matter is that Facebook engineering is getting bloated just like all other big companies and their apps crash not because they're testing user loyalty but because their code is just shitty.

Post by lelandbatey » Thu, Jan 07, 2016, 2:14 AM UTC

sparky_ wrote: post #11

gruez wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can bypass the paywall by entering your email. Even in the full article they only mention a confidential source, which makes sense because even if it was real, it's very easy to cause a crash without leaving a trace in the app. For instance, the server might purposefully send a malformed response that causes the client to crash. full article mirror: https://i.imgur.com/umOEvs7.jpg

Did you use some tool or browser extension to generate this?

Post by foota » Thu, Jan 07, 2016, 2:34 AM UTC

ch4s3 wrote: post #15

dkarapetyan wrote: post #12

Sounds like the beginning of an urban legend. The truth of the matter is that Facebook engineering is getting bloated just like all other big companies and their apps crash not because they're testing user loyalty but because their code is just shitty.

Their app has been crashing constantly since day 1. On high speed wifi, my newsfeed regularly takes upwards of 10 seconds to load, and the iOS app crashes like a drunk. They do some truly hard things, and coupled with their "move fast and break things" ethos... well they end up with some stability issues. I'm not sure its an issue of bloat though.