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Re:TimeKiwi, the beautiful timeline creator relaunched with ... by fookyong on Monday December 19, 2011 @10:18PM (#3372154)
I am immediately skeptical of any service that doesn't explicitly state "We will not post to your Facebook".

I think this should be built into the Facebook Platform TOS somehow. Sites that disingenuously post stuff after signup without indicating so give a bad name to Facebook Platform as an authentication device.

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Re:TimeKiwi, the beautiful timeline creator relaunched with ... by basseq on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @02:33PM (#3374758)
At the end of the day, it should be the user that grants individual permissions, not an all-or-nothing application request. (See Also: the Facebook permission add-ons that do just that.)

I agree with fookyong, that the request to post things on my behalf is an immediate yellow flag for any application except for a Twitter client.

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