When logging into facebook.com, I receive the following message: "Your account has been temporarily locked because an app that you own was disabled. This is to protect and inform you in case you are unaware that you were a listed developer on this app, and to verify that your account has not been compromised. For additional details about the disabled app, please look for an email at your listed developer contact address."
I'm glad they mentioned it, since their email was sent to my spam folder. Here's the email I received, emphasis added: > Great experiences on Platform allow users to build out their identity and > share engaging, relevant content with friends. To ensure users continue to > have a positive experience using apps and sites on Facebook, we run automated > screens that monitor user feedback and disable apps receiving negative user > feedback (including, but not limited to, feed story hides, app uninstalls, > and reports). > > Your app Adium (ID #164063256994618) has been disabled because our automated > systems detected that your app is receiving negative user feedback. To help > prevent this from happening in the future, we suggest you actively monitor > user reports, volume of content published per user, and any spikes in share > or install activity (real-time analytics available on Insights: > http://www.facebook.com/insights/ ). You may also be in violation of our > Facebook Principles and Policies: http://developers.facebook.com/policy/ . > > If you think we have removed your app erroneously, please read about our > appeals process and complete the form to appeal at > http://www.facebook.com/help?faq=17553. We will work quickly to evaluate your > case. Well, that's helpful. :\ I can't get any "real time analytics" because the app has been deleted entirely. Not listed as disabled or inactive, but removed from my list, just as happened (silently) for our previous registration. I have filed the 'form to appeal' through the link given. There, I said: > Adium, open source instant messaging client with over 2.5 million users > worldwide, transitioned to using the official API for Facebook XMPP (with > OAuth for proper facebook authentication) on Sunday. Within 24 hours, it was > disabled. 20,185 users have downloaded Adium 1.4.3b1 to test this and other > new features. Please help us resolve the issue and ensure that Adium will > not be automatically disabled again. I guess now we just wait. Good times. -Evan On Jun 27, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Colin Barrett wrote: > I was able to log back in after going through the motions -- their usual flow > where you have to answer your security question or identify friends' pictures > (have they not heard of TinEye?) and then change your password. > > No information or communication after that about why or what happened though. > > -Colin > > On Jun 27, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Evan Schoenberg wrote: > >> No communication. I am also locked out of Facebook. >> >> It can't be resolved via mobile, and the hospital computers block FB. I may >> know more when I'm home this evening... >> >> -Evan >> >> >> >> >> On Jun 27, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Colin Barrett <co...@springsandstruts.com> >> wrote: >> >>> While Evan was working on updating the code, he noticed this as well. After >>> some digging, it appeared the application we had been using was disabled. >>> So we registered it again. >>> >>> This seems to have happened yet again. In fact, it even locked me out of my >>> Facebook account for a while and made my change my password. >>> >>> Really, really bizarre. Maybe Evan received communication from the FB folks >>> about why this happened again? >>> >>> -Colin >>> >>> On Jun 27, 2011, at 6:24 AM, Frank D wrote: >>> >>>> Facebook isn't liking Adium anymore: http://trac.adium.im/ticket/15296 >>>> >>>> { >>>> "error": { >>>> "type": "OAuthException", >>>> "message": "Error validating application." >>>> } >>>> } >>>> >>>> I tried to view the app on Facebook's site, but it says that I don't >>>> have any apps. So either my access was revoked or it doesn't exist >>>> anymore. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Frank >>>> >>> >>> >> > >
