Why Facebook should Police their API

#1

Post by jasonadriaan » Thu, May 05, 2011, 11:05 AM UTC

For years we have been warned to be careful of what we installed or even what we clicked on Facebook, but as malware on the social network runs rampant don’t you think that it’s time we demand Facebook to pay attention? The malware issue on Facebook is a much bigger problem than they lead us to believe because it strikes at the very foundations of their established ecosystem.

Why Facebook should Police their API
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Re: Why Facebook should Police their API

#2

Post by cn » Thu, May 05, 2011, 11:11 AM UTC

My profile wall is littered with Osama photo/video posts, why doesn't Facebook have tech in place that stop apps when their post frequency to walls gets out of hand?

Re: Why Facebook should Police their API

#3

Post by wccrawford » Thu, May 05, 2011, 11:32 AM UTC

They do. The fact that they took that app down is proof of it.

What you want is for them to moderate everything that is posted, and that's just not possible. Even the heuristics for detecting rogue apps is tough and probably beyond their abilities, considering the manpower it would take to create and hardware to execute.

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Post by jasonadriaan » Thu, May 05, 2011, 11:53 AM UTC

wccrawford wrote: post #3

They do. The fact that they took that app down is proof of it. What you want is for them to moderate everything that is posted, and that's just not possible. Even the heuristics for detecting rogue apps is tough and probably beyond their abilities, considering the manpower it would take to create and hardware to execute.

Took them days even after being published all over the news. Apps should be checked before they go public. Having said that the Bin Laden malware didn't use the API although many other apps do.

Re: Why Facebook should Police their API

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Post by hotdox » Thu, May 05, 2011, 12:10 PM UTC

cn wrote: post #2

My profile wall is littered with Osama photo/video posts, why doesn't Facebook have tech in place that stop apps when their post frequency to walls gets out of hand?

They can use design solution, folding messages from one app to single message

Re: Why Facebook should Police their API

#6

Post by trekmambo » Thu, May 05, 2011, 12:30 PM UTC

If Facebook were to police their API like Jobs they would have to do another billion dollar VC round.

Re: Why Facebook should Police their API

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Post by trekmambo » Thu, May 05, 2011, 12:31 PM UTC

trekmambo wrote: post #6

If Facebook were to police their API like Jobs they would have to do another billion dollar VC round.

unless of course they start charging, which I doubt they'll ever do.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 05, 2011, 2:13 PM UTC

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Re: Why Facebook should Police their API

#9

Post by bxr » Fri, May 06, 2011, 4:37 PM UTC

cn wrote: post #2

My profile wall is littered with Osama photo/video posts, why doesn't Facebook have tech in place that stop apps when their post frequency to walls gets out of hand?

>why doesn't Facebook have tech in place that stop apps when their post frequency to walls gets out of hand

Because Facebook is an advertizing platform. Apps can send as much garbage as they want and you can just ban the app from from your feed.