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By: ArticleSave :: Uncategorized :: So Much For That Idea. Facebook Has Killed Off Its Great Apps Initiative

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:02:13 +0000

[...] guidelines, and wouldn’t spam users. Verified Apps finally launched in May after lengthy delays, with around 120 apps in the inaugural class. But the program was only meant to serve as the first [...]

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Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:45:08 +0000

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By: Facebook Platform Grows Up: Verified Apps Soon Going Live

Facebook Platform Grows Up: Verified Apps Soon Going Live — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:52:18 +0000

[...] news has been a long time coming. Developers have been growing antsy since paying the program’s $375 annual fee without any indication as to when it would [...]

By: mary

mary — Sun, 10 May 2009 01:06:25 +0000

Facebook is asleep at the wheel. They have zero integrity. They allow anyone to have an application, even offensive ones and Facebook will do anything for money. They are shameless.

By: The Irony of Facebook (aka Verified Apps Program FAIL) | StyleFeeder Tech Blog

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:13:29 +0000

[...] weeks (possibly months?) ago, which Facebook kindly sat on for an extended period of time (but this is normal, apparently). Basically, this program is supposed to give your app extra visibility and a good [...]

By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » MySpace To Launch Featured Apps Directory Next Week

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:14:49 +0000

[...] We’re still waiting. In November Facebook announced that it would charge a $375 fee for developers to apply – a fee that we likened to a protection racket. To make matters worse, Facebook is running behind on the program (which was supposed to launch ‘early this year’), and developers are getting antsy. [...]

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By: MySpace To Launch Featured Apps Directory Next Week @ Technology Tricks

MySpace To Launch Featured Apps Directory Next Week @ Technology Tricks — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:25:27 +0000

[...] We’re still waiting. In November Facebook announced that it would charge a 5 fee for developers to apply – a fee that we likened to a protection racket. To make matters worse, Facebook is running behind on the program (which was supposed to launch ‘early this year’), and developers are getting antsy. [...]

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infoyourway.com » MySpace To Launch Featured Apps Directory Next Week — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:23:46 +0000

By: MySpace To Launch Featured Apps Directory Next Week | Reviews Manual

MySpace To Launch Featured Apps Directory Next Week | Reviews Manual — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:42:14 +0000

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By: H.K.

H.K. — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:51:50 +0000

I feel for those who dumped almost 400$ for basically nothing (as it seems to be in many [most?] cases)? I also don't necessarily have a great quantity of confidence in fb's ability to evaluate all the developers. I'd rather use an independent source for my digital security needs like justaskgemato.

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Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:39:28 +0000

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By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:44:52 +0000

Wait, let me get this straight. When facebook apps first launched, being approved meant your application would show up in the apps search results. This was back when the application link was easily accessible, and generally all applications were treated like first class citizens.

Forward to the present and you’ll see 50,000+ apps in the repository. Most of the top performing developers have been screwed by facebook providing their own version of the popular apps. Other apps are carefully hidden as far away from the users as far as possible.

They now want developers to pay $350 for a more prestigious status in the catalog. Most fb applications don’t make that much in a year and those that do risk being killed by fb. Plus fb has been notorious for introducing drastic changes to the platform with little regard for developers or their business.

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

By: Mike H

Mike H — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:47:01 +0000

This isn’t too different from paying to be included in Yahoo’s directory.

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Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:50:41 +0000

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By: B. Ackles

B. Ackles — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:26:06 +0000

@coldbrew *typo. i missed the ‘.’ in $1.8M… Nonetheless it’s hard to believe.

What do you get for $375 per year?

How will existing apps be treated?

What criteria does Facebook use to judge whether an app is verifiable?

At this point Facebook apps are nothing but spam. It’s going to be hard to reverse that image. This seems to be the problem Facebook needs to address before charging developers a gatekeeping fee for ’success’.

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ClubKX - chat rooms — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:19:33 +0000

The early days of Facebook of app program were the golden era for app developers, there was little competition and you could spam users freely and many pointless apps quickly grew to millions of users this way. Now there are thousands of apps + they’ve tightened things up, so the actual benefits of creating a Facebook app are much smaller.

By: Mike Kerns

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:02:31 +0000

We are in touch with facebook about the communication standards/differences between app developers and “pages” creators/administrators. Until that conversation is completed, we want to communicate that our intetrepretation of the changes may be incorrect.

thanks,

mike

By: RecessionMeansHotterStrippersBlog

RecessionMeansHotterStrippersBlog — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:45:22 +0000

they’re trying to be profitable, simply. ad revenues have tanked so they can’t be successful that way. $375 is about the cost of a day of good developer time and that’s probably what the review takes.

And unlike apple, facebook doesn’t have a high-markup hardware business to subsidize this cost.

stop thinking in web2.0 business terms when 2.1 is in beta

By: Mike Kerns

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:24:27 +0000

As a developer who is trying to build world class experiences that increase the utility of sports fans on the facebook platform, I think the bigger concern should be about changes around “pages” and “apps” and user relationships between both. I know it’s a mouthful, but at some point last night app powered feed stories were removed from the Live Feed. What’s interesting is that the “new changes” announced last week are supposed to enhance real time status/communication, and also improve fan/brand page functionality. But, by limiting app powered stories the feed is limiting the value of real time status/social interactions. And, by increasing the capacity for “pages” to power feed stories they are creating a double standard between apps and “pages”…stay tuned, but thought i would point this out to tc community. Clear direction as to how apps and users of apps can be communicated to and with versus fans of pages is a big issue for developers right now…much bigger issue than verified apps program imo

thanks,

mike kerns
citizen sports

By: Wade

Wade — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:12:38 +0000

Anyone who paid $375, you just got Rich Dad Academy’d ! !