Zapd: ‘We built it, they came, but Facebook pulled up the drawbridge’

Re:Zapd: ‘We built it, they came, but Facebook pulled up the... by sbisker on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @08:30PM (#2385211)

Without having seen the app myself, could it be the case that it's designed in such a way to "strongly encourage" facebook signup? One of the design tradeoffs you or your designer may have made, consciously or unconsciously, was that some percentage of people might misinterpret your design as facebook-only unless there are very obvious signs to the contrary.

Of course, I haven't used the app myself, so I can't take one side or another on this one. Come out with an Android version and we'll talk. :) Either way, it looks like a cool product, so, kudos.

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Re:Zapd: ‘We built it, they came, but Facebook pulled up the... by gte910h on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @08:52PM (#2385273)

Here's a page of the sign-in interface to the app

http://29f.zapd.co

(And yes, that's a page made with the app)

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Re:Zapd: ‘We built it, they came, but Facebook pulled up the... by curiousoffice on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @10:53PM (#2385582)

Yes. We position facebook as the first option to sign in. The reason is because that's the easier way to create an account and that was the intent of Facebook's connect service. That said, this isn't why they blocked us. They blocked us to do too much posting of content per minute, per person. Good problem to have? Depends on how you look at it I guess.

Kelly Smith Curiousoffice.com zapd.com

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