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Youngest Y Combinator Founders Launch MinoMonsters, The Pokemon Of Social Games

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Re: Youngest Y Combinator Founders Launch MinoMonsters, The Pokemon Of Social Games

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Post by edanm »

Groxx wrote: post #80
edanm wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm pretty sure you can make a fake Facebook profile, mark it as a test account, then use it to connect to things. Test accounts can't interact with real Facebook users, but they can be used to log in to sites.

I don't think so, it looks like that might have to be done entirely via the programming API, and you need an application registered to do so (or the access token of another application) because it only works on one application: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/test_users/

You can definitely create a user and then turn him into a test account manually, I've created many test accounts that way. You have to visit a special URL that turns the account into a test account (can't remember it offhand, and I'm not going to post it anyway since if anyone clicks on it then clicks "accept" without looking, it nukes their regular account).

Re: Youngest Y Combinator Founders Launch MinoMonsters, The Pokemon Of Social Games

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Post by Groxx »

edanm wrote: post #81
Groxx wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think so, it looks like that might have to be done entirely via the programming API, and you need an application registered to do so (or the access token of another application) because it only works on one application: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/test_users/

You can definitely create a user and then turn him into a test account manually, I've created many test accounts that way. You have to visit a special URL that turns the account into a test account (can't remember it offhand, and I'm not going to post it anyway since if anyone clicks on it then clicks "accept" without looking, it nukes their regular account).

Can the test user then interact with the site in a mostly-regular way? I've never tried, clearly :)

Re: Youngest Y Combinator Founders Launch MinoMonsters, The Pokemon Of Social Games

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Post by edanm »

Groxx wrote: post #82
edanm wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can definitely create a user and then turn him into a test account manually, I've created many test accounts that way. You have to visit a special URL that turns the account into a test account (can't remember it offhand, and I'm not going to post it anyway since if anyone clicks on it then clicks "accept" without looking, it nukes their regular account).

Can the test user then interact with the site in a mostly-regular way? I've never tried, clearly :)

Yes, except for the fact that it can't interact with regular users.

Re: Youngest Y Combinator Founders Launch MinoMonsters, The Pokemon Of Social Games

#84

Post by zackattack »

Stormbringer wrote: post #65
zackattack wrote: post #36

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Yes that's exactly what's going on. He's attempting to externalize his guilt/shame to create a socially acceptable situation for criticism-- to validate his internal negativity and hate.

He could just be telegraphing his intention so as to minimise confusion. Humour not clearly marked as such is often down-voted. As such, this would be a defensive move in ego-space, rather than an attempt for validation. Hence a self-protective mode of thought rather than an energy stealing vampiric dependency mode. Thus I feel that it is a positive, yang based maneuver, rather than a negative ying based energy flow.…

Your rhetoric is hilarious and I really wish we could duo this routine in bars.

I suggest the "causative agency" is the voice that says "I am supposed to be getting all the attention. Why is he? He didn't even do anything amazing!"

Re: Youngest Y Combinator Founders Launch MinoMonsters, The Pokemon Of Social Games

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Post by Stormbringer »

zackattack wrote: post #84
Stormbringer wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He could just be telegraphing his intention so as to minimise confusion. Humour not clearly marked as such is often down-voted. As such, this would be a defensive move in ego-space, rather than an attempt for validation. Hence a self-protective mode of thought rather than an energy stealing vampiric dependency mode. Thus I feel that it is a positive, yang based maneuver, rather than a negative ying based energy flow.…

Your rhetoric is hilarious and I really wish we could duo this routine in bars. I suggest the "causative agency" is the voice that says " I am supposed to be getting all the attention. Why is he? He didn't even do anything amazing!"

Good to see someone gets it :D
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