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11-17-2017, 08:18 PM
Rejoice because Facebook is finally getting rid of third-party app invites
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Facebook may still have the huge problem involving the scourge of fake news (http://mashable.com/2017/11/13/facebook-fake-news-misinformation-fact-checkers/) to deal with, but its gone and done something that will decrease your Facebook rage — just a smidge — by removing third-party app invites.
SEE ALSO: One of Facebook's most popular pages was mysteriously shut down for a few hours (http://mashable.com/2017/11/17/facebook-blocks-unilad/)
That's right, no longer will you roll your eyes and curse technology every time your aunt invites you to play Candy Cane Crush or Farmville 4: The Farmening or whatever terrible game is on Facebook or connected to Facebook.*
The move was announced (https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2017/11/07/changes-developer-offerings/) in a post to Facebook's Developers blog on Thursday afternoon. The app invites won't be supported with the newest Facebook software development kit and, while older versions will still support it, those invites will end February 2018. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/17/facebook-app-invites/)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Sdk (http://mashable.com/category/sdk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), App Invites (http://mashable.com/category/app-invites/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Social Media Companies (http://mashable.com/category/social-media-companies/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/qLdFE--xTaE
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Facebook may still have the huge problem involving the scourge of fake news (http://mashable.com/2017/11/13/facebook-fake-news-misinformation-fact-checkers/) to deal with, but its gone and done something that will decrease your Facebook rage — just a smidge — by removing third-party app invites.
SEE ALSO: One of Facebook's most popular pages was mysteriously shut down for a few hours (http://mashable.com/2017/11/17/facebook-blocks-unilad/)
That's right, no longer will you roll your eyes and curse technology every time your aunt invites you to play Candy Cane Crush or Farmville 4: The Farmening or whatever terrible game is on Facebook or connected to Facebook.*
The move was announced (https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2017/11/07/changes-developer-offerings/) in a post to Facebook's Developers blog on Thursday afternoon. The app invites won't be supported with the newest Facebook software development kit and, while older versions will still support it, those invites will end February 2018. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/17/facebook-app-invites/)
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