I've written about cunningly placed adverts on Facebook application installer pages before, but this is getting to be a little.....excessive.
Here's what I saw when installing an image viewer, from the point where I started to install the app, during and once I'd finally made the application live on my page:
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As I said....excessive. Anyone thinking these boxes are part of the application installer will be taken to a familiar face:
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Yes, it's this thing again.
Facebook should really have strict policies on the kind of adverts allowed on installer pages (as a matter of fact, I don't think there should be any adverts allowed on these pages in the first place. It's way too easy to fool people.
Here's what I saw when installing an image viewer, from the point where I started to install the app, during and once I'd finally made the application live on my page:
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
As I said....excessive. Anyone thinking these boxes are part of the application installer will be taken to a familiar face:
Click to Enlarge
Yes, it's this thing again.
Facebook should really have strict policies on the kind of adverts allowed on installer pages (as a matter of fact, I don't think there should be any adverts allowed on these pages in the first place. It's way too easy to fool people.
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