Facebook giveaways and applicationsFacebook giveawayi in aplikacije

Lately I came across few remarks on the Internet that basically either claimed that Facebook giveaway/sweepstakes applications are only used to “steal” you data or that applications are only used to “show off”.

Nobody said anything about our Magnetic Summer app, but I still wanted to explain why we used application and will be using them in the future.

Facebook has really strict policy about any kind of games where there are prizes involved (monetary value in general). In essence – they allow them as long as you use application. Any other kind of giveaway is forbidden. So no tagging yourself on the photo, sharing status, uploading photo … Those of you that would like to read more can start here and then proceed by following all the links in the article … but beware that it’s nor light reading material nor short one. :biggrin:

We don’t want your data – we only use the most basic stuff to make app work and email address as Facebook does not allow to contact you through the private messages on their platform. That is it.

As for the show off part – I think it is kind of obvious that is not really our style. And since I’m “married” to computer programmer wizard it’s not like we paid hundreds of Eurs for the app. :silly:

Just to be clear – I have nothing against those that don’t use applications for their giveaways and I have no problem entering them myself. :yes:

But I’m one of those “by the book” kind of people + I have no wish to see our Facebook page deleted one day because of something I did or did not do (it’s never my fault philosophy :silly: ). And Facebook does close down pages regularly for not following their rules. :sigh:

I think that is all I wanted to say. Any thoughts about Facebook applications in general? Hate them, love them, have a suggestion for us how to do our next one …Zadnje čase sem (predvsem na tujih straneh) zasledila porast izjav v stilu, da so Facebook aplikacije namenjene le kraji podatkov oz. da jih uporabljajo le tisti, ki želijo pokazati, da imajo zadosti denarja, da si jo lahko privoščijo.

Nihče ni rekel nič o naši Magnetic Summer aplikaciji, vendar se mi je zdelo na mestu, da napišem nekaj stavkov na to temo in pojasnim našim bralkam kako stojijo zadeve. Mogoče bo pa post prišel še kateri prav.

Facebook ima zelo stroga pravila glede podarjanja/giveawayev/nagradnih iger … česarkoli kar vključuje nagrado. Na kratko povedano morajo vse omenjene zadeve biti izpeljane v aplikaciji. Torej ne dovoljujejo označevanja na fotografijah, dodajanja fotografij v galerije, posredovanja statusov … Tiste, ki želite prebrati kaj več o zadevi, lahko začnete brati tukaj in potem nadaljujete s klikanjem na linke v članku. Se pa pripravite, da ni ravno “zabavno” ali kratko branje. :biggrin:

Me ne želimo vaših podatkov – potrebujemo ravno tisti minimum, da zaženemo aplikacijo ter elektronski naslov, ker Facebook ne dovoljuje obveščanja preko njihove platforme. To je to.

Kar se tiče razkazovanja – mislim da je nekako očitno, da to ni naš stil. In glede na to da sem “poročena” s programerjem, nam ni bilo ravno treba odšteti nekaj sto evrov za aplikacijo.  :silly:

In da ne bo nikakršnih nesporazumov – nimam nič proti tistim, ki izvajajo nagradne igre/giveawaye na način, ki ga Facebook ne dovoljuje, pa sodelovanja v njih se tudi ne bom branila. :yes:

Na žalost sem jaz pač eden izmed tistih osebkov, ki mora imeti kar se le da narejeno po pravilih in si ne želim, da zaradi nečesa kar sem jaz naredila oz. nisem naredila, zaprejo Parokeets Facebook stran. Sem zaprisežena pristašinja filozofije – ni moja krivda.  :silly:  In Facebook dejansko zapira strani zaradi takih “prekrškov” – tako male kot velike. :sigh:

Mislim, da sem sedaj povedala vse kar mi je ležalo na duši. :biggrin: Kakšne so vaše misli o Facebook aplikacijah? So vam všeč, jih sovražite, imate kakšen predlog za našo naslednjo aplikacijo …

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  1. Baš sam se prepoznala u ovim tvojim riječima: “sem “poročena” s programerjem”.. i ja isto :wub: :party: :happy:

    Što se tiče facebook aplikacija, ne koristima facebook pa nemam neko mišljenje i ne razumijem se previše u sva ta pravila..

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