Facebook Disables Application”who’s viewing your profile”

Friday, March 19, 2010

The social networking site Facebook has warn users to avoid applications like “stalker apps” which make such claims because it’s not currently possible to produce a list of the “friends” who view a given person’s profile.
According to the BBC, a number of apps have disappeared from the social-networking site, including the idiotically titles ‘Stalker Check’ and the not-so-catchily named ‘Who has visited my profile’.
“Don’t believe any applications that claim they can show you who’s viewing your profile or photo. They can’t,” said a spokesperson for Facebook.
Facebook’s Head of European Policy, Richard Allan, said: “Applications try to attract users in and try to get people to install them.
“Once a large number of users have installed that application, they can try to offer services like advertising that will make money.”
Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg said “Our philosophy is that having an open system anyone can participate in is generally better”
When a large number of Facebook users have installed a particular application, they’re often asking to offered services such as advertising to generate money. Similarly there are such application that could cause viruses and malware when advertisements are clicked on.

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