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Calling out the user's name on the lander (7)

07-10-2011 01:44 PM #1 manutv (Member)
Calling out the user's name on the lander

Is there a way to pull the user's name and put it on your lander when a visitor from facebook comes to your lander?

07-10-2011 01:51 PM #2 abcd (AMC Alumnus)

No, would be a privacy issue also.

But you can have access to some of their friends names (facepile post on this forum).

07-10-2011 02:51 PM #3 manutv (Member)

say the user is a fan of my page and my page is in the open graph...what then? is there a way to do it?

07-10-2011 03:07 PM #4 polarbacon (Moderator)

Originally Posted by lifetweak

say the user is a fan of my page and my page is in the open graph...what then? is there a way to do it?

there is a way.....

BUT

you will loose your ad account faster than you can say "wtf"

using fb info like that is now very very taboo....and if you try to cloak and do it....best you have a legal team at your disposal.....they are legally going after advertisers who do this.....

07-11-2011 04:34 AM #5 lavish (Member)

Originally Posted by polarbacon

So... technically... if facebook finds a lander using the 'Facepile hack' then it's legal time? ... or is that just when you call out the specific user?

07-11-2011 01:53 PM #6 polarbacon (Moderator)

Originally Posted by lavish

So... technically... if facebook finds a lander using the 'Facepile hack' then it's legal time? ... or is that just when you call out the specific user?

well that is different as it is approved for that purpose......you can put a facepile anywhere.....

BUT

using the graph API data in a advertisement directly is very much against the TOS....and clearly stated as such....and using there "name" all be it might seem ok there has been a huge backlash on FB when it was allowed in the past....and as such FB doesn't allow anything of the sort anymore.....and they consider it a direct threat to their user base......any and all 3rd party adnetworks that advertise via the platform(ie inside apps and such) are required to sign special docs to this effect.....

07-11-2011 04:31 PM #7 manutv (Member)

Originally Posted by polarbacon

using fb info like that is now very very taboo....and if you try to cloak and do it....best you have a legal team at your disposal.....they are legally going after advertisers who do this.....

Originally Posted by polarbacon

using the graph API data in a advertisement directly is very much against the TOS....and clearly stated as such....and using there "name" all be it might seem ok there has been a huge backlash on FB when it was allowed in the past....and as such FB doesn't allow anything of the sort anymore.....and they consider it a direct threat to their user base......any and all 3rd party adnetworks that advertise via the platform(ie inside apps and such) are required to sign special docs to this effect.....

Thanks for the heads up! Much appreciated

I figured out how to get the user's name to show up on custom tabs of fanpages...so I was curious if its possible for an external page using graph API.

So, is calling out the user's name on fanpage tabs frowned upon too? I know we can't since fb switched to iframes and all, but for the pages that still have Static FBML..is it risky to call out the name?

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