PS. I'm pretty sure that AlumWire was developed first, and support for Facebook logins added later - didn't want to imply it was just a feeder business.
Emre Sokullu
· 3 years ago
Pete, why don't you check these claims. I'm sure the site owner would be more than glad to answer your questions, but not mines :)
SkepticBoy
· 3 years ago
The problem with this type of service is that many universities and alumni organizations have launched or are launching their own private, offical social networks. For obvious reasons these will get the traction much more easily than something like AlumWire.
Adrian
· 3 years ago
Is it just me or is this Facebook API stuff extremely annoying for the end-user? Why can't these guys automate the Facebook login so a user doesn't have to fly over to Facebook to login and then get redirected back again? Gosh, this seems so Web 1.0.
Emre Sokullu
· 3 years ago
Adrian, Facebook does not allow you to do so.. It's illegal.
Karel - The Facebook Book
· 3 years ago
Facebook put intelligent safeguards around API use of its data. The cost to login is a small price to know that your private data isn't open to just anyone.
What doesn't need to be annoying is the vast separation between facebook and the API applications. For example, API apps could run within an area on profiles or as separate in-site modules, like groups. This would create an externally developed labs.fb.com environment.
Much more about Facebook, including stories I only know because I was an insider, at FBbook.com, Inside Facebook.
Adrian
· 3 years ago
Well I still think the system makes no sense for an API and is just plain burdensome.
Since FB is open to the public anyway now, why not give each 3rd party website their own FB account so that they can they display publically available data without the need to get an individual user to login?
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What doesn't need to be annoying is the vast separation between facebook and the API applications. For example, API apps could run within an area on profiles or as separate in-site modules, like groups. This would create an externally developed labs.fb.com environment.
Much more about Facebook, including stories I only know because I was an insider, at FBbook.com, Inside Facebook.
Since FB is open to the public anyway now, why not give each 3rd party website their own FB account so that they can they display publically available data without the need to get an individual user to login?