The Facebook Delimma
Posted by creiht
Well I have had 5 comments now that said that they either don’t have a Facebook account, or that they don’t want to install extra apps. This is a bit of a bummer (and I knew beforhand that I was taking a risk by choosing this path), but if I could plead with you, it is easy (and free) to create a Facebook account to play the game — Heck, you don’t even ever have to use anymore after that. You can also remove the app after adding it and playing it.
I go through the trouble of dual booting back into Windows and installing various versions of different libraries to try other people’s apps, could you please at least exert just a little effort to try my app? Thanks.
Tags: journal
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:50 pm
One idea would be to post a gameplay youtube if it was readable.. enough to judge by maybe. ?
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:07 am
i have a facebook app, and i didn’t mind adding the app, but all i got was a grey question mark, so i couldn’t play it anyway.. is a pity since I quite like MUDs and all.
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:32 am
triorph: The grey question mark is where the icon and description normally go when you add the app to the Facebook directory listing (which I didn’t want to do yet). You should still get the add this application button to the right, and everything should work as normal.
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:16 pm
I have a facebook account, but I totally understand anyone who doesn’t want to make one. From what I hear, it’s virtually impossible to get rid of one once you’ve made it, and they hang on to your personal info for the rest of eternity. I regret having made mine, but it’s done now! I don’t use it at all, ever. I will of course try out your game, though!
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:24 pm
I did click the “add this application” button, then i go to my applications and select it and it jsut takes me back to the grey question mark (which is giant btw, not just like some small description)
April 25th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
The other issue is that facebook shares your personal information with your friends’ applications, not just your own. You can turn this off (privacy -> applications -> other applications), but ONLY if you remove ALL facebook platform applications from your profile. It seems to me this is a completely arbitrary restriction to discourage people from protecting their information, and it’s a pity that it stops people (such as me) from using completely reasonable applications.
Of course, I’ll probably just make a false account to test the game out.