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Erik
Erik

Reputation: 559

Facebook app how to post on users wall

I've developed an Facebook app: http://ek2012spel.startpagina.nl/. I've developed one before and the last time I've included the option to post a message on your wall whenever you scored a point.

But I noticed Facebook changed it's policy to prevent spamming to a wall. And I salute them for it. So I wanted to try something else.

I'm pretty sure this is (or at least was) possible. Question is; how?

Sub issue: My current Like Button is linked to an (old) URL. The URL redirects to the new one. Any chance I can change the URL without losing all the likes?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 834

Answers (1)

Igy
Igy

Reputation: 43816

That document was referring to an old App Profile page - these were removed in February -I've updated that doc to show the current way to create a page for your app (the option is now in the 'Advanced' tab of the app settings.)

Based on what you've said above, you should do one of the following:

  • Create a page for the app and get users to like it, and then use the page to post updates for the game's user
  • Use app to user requests to alert the user that something has happened - this will increment a counter in the user's bookmark for your app to bring them back to it
  • Obtain the user's email address from the API (needs the email permission) and email them directly.

Posting to user's timelines (/USER_ID/feed) automatically each time you have news to share will result in the spam filters shutting down your app very quickly indeed (bear in mind this will appear to all their friends as a message 'from' that user)

Upvotes: 2

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