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Ask HN: Why is bufferapp allowed by Facebook?

2 pointsby uptownhrover 8 years ago
I&#x27;m working on app very similiar to bufferapp but I found out that facebook recently revamped their application policies.<p>If you create a new app in facebook&#x27;s dev portal, you&#x27;ll have to ask for the &#x27;publish_actions&#x27; permission. Further, you&#x27;ll also have to provide detail explanation for why you need this and show a screencast of it following their policies. It even asks for a demo account...<p>Reading, https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developers.facebook.com&#x2F;docs&#x2F;apps&#x2F;review&#x2F;prefill<p>Shows that you may not pre-fill any message content and they are explicit about making sure that the content being shared was manually entered in by the user.<p>Clear bufferapp violoations.<p>1. &quot;Pre-fill the user message parameter with any content the user didn&#x27;t enter themselves, even if they can edit or delete that content before sharing. This applies to posts, comments, photo captions, and photo album captions.&quot;<p>2. &quot;Prompt users to click or tap a button to auto-populate the user message parameter. Your app can suggest content, but the person using your app should choose to manually copy and paste or type that content themselves.&quot;<p>Anyone know on what technicality bufferapp is allowed to do this?

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uptownhrover 8 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cl.ly&#x2F;1t3B1V2g1w3D" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cl.ly&#x2F;1t3B1V2g1w3D</a> is an example of their setup page to request for access to &#x27;publish_action&#x27;
detaroover 8 years ago
Doesn&#x27;t buffer just post content the user entered before, which is explicitly allowed in your first link, or am I missing something?
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