Update: Facebook Platform Notifications Going Away March 1st
Facebook has just posted an update to its Developer Roadmap with a new date for the end of application notifications: March 1st. On that date, both application-to-user and user-to-user notifications will be no longer.
What happens exactly at that point, in terms of application traffic, is on the forefront of the minds of app developers and Facebook Platform monetization service providers. While some top developers called the end of notifications “D-Day” after it was initially announced, attitudes have been somewhat more hopeful in recent weeks. Developers are hoping that Facebook will take a balanced approach to the Platform changes, and will make adjustments to help developers if the impact of notifications removal proves to be too severe. The vast majority of developers have been using the notifications channel very aggressively to date, leading to user complaints and decreasing conversion rates in general.
Facebook’s fundamental motivation behind the changes is to improve the fidelity of its communication channels. With the onslaught of often-spammy app notifications, engagement rates for the notifications channel have plummeted, which is a big red flag to the product team at Facebook. Facebook has created a new email sharing API to make it easier for users to share their email addresses directly with developers, encouraging app-to-user communication to happen outside of Facebook altogether.
What immediate impact will the removal of the notifications channel have on app traffic? Everyone will find out starting in 28 days.
February 2nd, 2010 at 12:13 am
I actually blogged about this problem a few days ago (http://www.geofffox.com/MT/archives/2010/01/24/facebooks_cancer.php). If Facebook is serious in removing these (often lying) app notifications it will be taking a huge step in keeping me happy. I can’t be alone in my disdain for this stuff!
February 2nd, 2010 at 1:38 am
It’s about time. Those notifications were awfully spammy and darn annoying.
February 2nd, 2010 at 8:54 am
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February 5th, 2010 at 2:34 am
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February 15th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
What a great news!! I’ll have to keep a closer look at this. It’s so annoying to log in to facebook and the notification box for 60 or 70 notification where 80% of all those are from the application
Good on this!
Thanks for the update!
April 12th, 2010 at 8:22 am
But now I don’t see when someone comments on a photo of mine, something I commented on or a status update, yes the spam ones were annoying but not those ones and I’m really missing them. :(
May 11th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
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August 4th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
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August 23rd, 2010 at 7:11 pm
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September 2nd, 2010 at 4:35 am
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September 3rd, 2010 at 2:15 am
ko me izbrisao sa facebook
September 4th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
O.K
August 31st, 2012 at 1:13 pm
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