6 engineers on Hacker News describe using Facebook Platform first-hand: 1 endorse it, 2 regret it, 0 are mixed.
“Facebook broke like monthly and required random updates, sometimes documented, sometimes not. Zero support.”
regret · production · herbst · 2024-08-01 · source ↗ · wrong label?“as soon as we had a successful Facebook game we ditched all thirty-something OpenSocial widgets”
endorse · production · swivelmaster · 2019-03-29 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Facebook tends to push buggy code at least every week; sometimes bugs make apps unusable for days.”
regret · production · ignifero · 2011-04-12 · source ↗ · wrong label?“It takes care of communicating with Facebook's Graph API.”
neutral · production · Eduard · 2013-11-27 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We use FB to verify identity and help make it easier for you to invite friends and family”
neutral · production · thetylerhayes · 2013-11-11 · source ↗ · wrong label?“we've run the Graffiti app on Facebook since the launch of the platform, and have never spammed anyone”
neutral · production · 4 yr · GraffitiTim · 2011-06-30 · source ↗ · wrong label?