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davidangel · 2008-04-23 23:06:46

http://apps.facebook.com/bloxgame/

http://cgi.ebay.com/388-000-User-App-on … dZViewItem

As some of you may know. I was going to sell my BLOX app users. I logged in tonight to see that FACEBOOK REMOVED MY APP COMPLETELY!

388K Total Users
20,000 DAU's

Gone. Gone, Gone, Gone!

Can someone please tell me what's up? This is outrageous. I think developers should think long and hard about the work they put into this platform, because it can be gone in the blink of an eye. Anyone from facebook care to comment!?

cyMall · 2008-04-23 23:20:57

I don't think anyone here would really be able to comment on this. You'd be better off emailing developers-help@facebook.com regarding this subject matter.

At any rate it could be many things that affect the deletion. It could be that that the app infringed Tetris' copyrights and they kept pressuring Facebook to remove until finally they just did remove it.

Selling users for an app with this much bad rep can also be quite the bad thing. Especially when you go on IRC and post the link a few times where some FB admins see it and one has even commented on it as it probably not being legal.

But as the TOS claims, Facebook can delete an application without warning (which it seems you've had anyway). But these are alll based on assumptions. Send the email, you are more likely to find the right answer there.

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davidangel · 2008-04-23 23:29:30

I sent an email.

claudfs · 2008-04-24 00:05:49

Let us know what they say, will be interesting to know. Although the reply might take a couple of days. Feel Sorry For you man.

ptruchi · 2008-04-24 11:18:22

hey it happend the same to us http://apps.facebook.com/hotwall we send a mail to facebook, we didn't get any warning or mail about it do you?

feliphe · 2008-04-24 12:04:38

ptruchi wrote:
hey it happend the same to us http://apps.facebook.com/hotwall we send a mail to facebook, we didn't get any warning or mail about it do you?

what was your app about?

haiku2u · 2008-04-24 12:21:23

what about this app?

http://apps.facebook.com/fbtetris/

does it have some kind of official permission?

Edited:
Answered my own question, from the about page:

Tetris Online, Inc. is the exclusive online licensee of The Tetris Company, LLC of all rights to the world-famous TETRIS® game. Founded in January 2006 by Minoru Arakawa and Henk Rogers, Tetris Online is a developer and publisher of electronic entertainment properties. Tetris Online is privately held and headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. For more information about Tetris Online, please visit the company's web site at www.tetrisonline.com.

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ptruchi · 2008-04-24 12:37:15

Is an stickers/video wall app, we do have interfaces with youtube, do you think is related to copyright issues?

feliphe · 2008-04-24 12:40:05

what kind of stickers/video wall app, like a bumper sticker clone?

do you have a snap shot of it?

it might be copyright related, did you got a warning?

cyMall · 2008-04-24 12:44:39

feliphe wrote:
what kind of stickers/video wall app, like a bumper sticker clone?

do you have a snap shot of it?

it might be copyright related, did you got a warning?

If it is copyright or something related the TOS says it reserves the right to delete the app without warning.

ptruchi · 2008-04-24 13:42:40

is not a Bumper Sticker clone, is very different actually, it has video, video search, forums, and tons stuff... we get some warnings about having some porn, but 2 months ago, offcourse we remove the porn inmediatly, and we provide the information of the users who upload that.

We don't get an email this time or anything else... is really weird...

hayson1991 · 2008-04-24 15:12:29

well, you did use the facebook logo as your logo for the app sell, maybe that has something to do with it...

Facebook Platform Team · 2008-04-24 15:14:11

For information about escalation procedures concerning Facebook Platform application policy matters, please see: Escalation Polices on our Wiki.

Policy notices are sent to the developer contact email address listed in your application settings in the Developer application. If you think you may have missed a notice or would like to inquire about a policy matter, please send an email to developers-help@facebook.com .

Please keep your developer contact email address up-to-date and be sure messages from Facebook are not filtered out, as this is a conduit for official communications.

Thanks,

Matt Choi

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cyMall · 2008-04-24 15:58:56

hayson1991 wrote:
well, you did use the facebook logo as your logo for the app sell, maybe that has something to do with it...

Lol seriously? Wow another no-no.

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