22 Nov 2007
So, I have written in other places that I am sometimes lazy. I don’t like the details portion of things sometimes. Well apparently so are other people. Case in point. I created an app that we were going to sell, it was on the borderline of Sexy/Offensive, but was meant to be just fun. It originally got turned down because they said we weren’t using the Facebook platform. All of our apps use the Facebook platform, so I was confused and emailed app support. They responded back that I needed to resend my request and they would approve it. This in itself was very confusing and showed some internal issues at Facebook.
I resent the request and then 2 days later, we were rejected again and this time they claimed that the app was “offensive”. We didn’t have the urge to fight this as we have too many other projects we are working on, so we just let this one go. We tried listing the app, but it wasn’t getting any bids so, we eventually just cancelled the auction. We did have a back up plan though. We started working with a major advertising company and offered them to look at the code and how we are interacting with Facebook. They don’t have time to mess with the facebook development, but they know they cannot completely ignore Facebook. During their research they decided to resubmit the app, to test out the submission to the directory process. Well apparently the Facebook Directory Approval Team is trying to rush things for the holidays, because it was submitted 2 days before Thanksgiving and the day before Thanksgiving it was approved in the directory. I am in complete shock at how we got approved after the 3rd submission. I guess the old saying is true, “Third time is a charm”. So, sometimes laziness is good. Well, at least that’s what I keep telling myself.Troy
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