Facebook Applications Update

January 22, 2008 on 6:02 am | In Facebook News | 1 Comment

Facebook has started the 2008 year by trying to improve the quality of applications and to remove malicious developers from abusing the applications system.

Facebook has already removed many applications that are causing undesired actions towards users who aren’t even using the application (in these cases a friend of the person may have the application installed and the effects of the application will spread to friends of that user).

The company has decided to take this action due to the high volume of complaints that they have received from users of the service. Developers who abuse the Facebook policy by creating malicious applications will be cut off from using major Facebook features, such as the Facebook News Feed.

Facebook has further added to this by making it harder for applications to publish news to a user’s individual feed. Basically, Facebook is trying to remove the use of passive feed additions to create a better experience for users of the service.

The approach that Facebook is taking on this issue is quite aggressive as the company is not willing to deal with individuals who are abusing the system. With all of that being said, expect the quality of applications to improve by a great margin within the next month as these policies come into play.