Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd say it limits his chances of finding any employment where facebook is used for communication.
To my mind, that sounds like a good thing. My employer using Facebook for communication sounds just terrible.
Facebook intimidates developer, bans him and his code for life
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Re: Facebook intimidates developer, bans him and his code for life
#12Why was he banned? I can't seem to find the reason on the reddit page or the developers blog post.
My guess is that FB doesn't like the software doing this because it means the users aren't doing it themselves, and thus aren't able to see the ads they would have otherwise, cutting down on revenue.
The only other reason I can think of that would make any sense is that the games servers might have had load issues (since the plugin could act faster and on more things than a human). However, I would put my ad theory above as far more likely.
Re: Facebook intimidates developer, bans him and his code for life
#13Why was he banned? I can't seem to find the reason on the reddit page or the developers blog post.
I can't find any additional info. If there was nothing wrong with the plugin for 18 months and now they're using all legal powers to intimidate him, I'd say someone got wind of money-making opportunity.
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#15>but it also seriously limits his chances of finding employment as a programmer. That doesn't sound quite right. TOO HOT FOR FACEBOOK!!! could look great on the right résumé. The whole thing is just what we've come to expect from facebook by now tbh.
If that limits his chances of finding a programmer job, his talent is very limited.
Re: Facebook intimidates developer, bans him and his code for life
#16>but it also seriously limits his chances of finding employment as a programmer. That doesn't sound quite right. TOO HOT FOR FACEBOOK!!! could look great on the right résumé. The whole thing is just what we've come to expect from facebook by now tbh.
If that limits his chances of finding a programmer job, his talent is very limited.
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If that limits his chances of finding a programmer job, his talent is very limited.
Employers often do background checks and if they find out he was banned by Facebook that may work against him.
Re: Facebook intimidates developer, bans him and his code for life
#18>but it also seriously limits his chances of finding employment as a programmer. That doesn't sound quite right. TOO HOT FOR FACEBOOK!!! could look great on the right résumé. The whole thing is just what we've come to expect from facebook by now tbh.
Re: Facebook intimidates developer, bans him and his code for life
#19Why was he banned? I can't seem to find the reason on the reddit page or the developers blog post.
I've never heard of the plugin before, but it looks like it did some of the tedium of clicking on the game status updates for you. (If someone can give a good description, I would love to see it). My guess is that FB doesn't like the software doing this because it means the users aren't doing it themselves, and thus aren't able to see the ads they would have otherwise, cutting down on revenue. The only other reason I…
Re: Facebook intimidates developer, bans him and his code for life
#20>but it also seriously limits his chances of finding employment as a programmer. That doesn't sound quite right. TOO HOT FOR FACEBOOK!!! could look great on the right résumé. The whole thing is just what we've come to expect from facebook by now tbh.
edit: Apparently he developed a browser plugin that doesn't use Facebook's API, so it looks like this may actually be a decent endorsement.