Uh, yeah, Facebook, about that error message..

[elfs]

So, I figured out what the deal is with Facebook Connect. It's not enough anymore to be an accredited applications developer, and to have gone through the authorization process once.

You see, once upon a time there were two valid forms of authorization: you either had a mobile phone number on record with Facebook, or you had a credit card. I used the phone method.

But that's not good enough. You get that error message if you don't have a credit card number on record. I filled it out today, but I'm very unhappy with that requirement, and the lack of explicit information in the developer's guidelines regarding that lack. I hate the 800 pound gorilla that Facebook has become.

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[wolfwings.livejournal.com]

I dread the day a Facebook account (and ONLY a Facebook account, neither Twitter or Google) will be required for some major site I need to sign up with for some reason.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

I had a client ask for that for a website "oriented toward the interests of women." Sadly, he never could fixate on a strategy-- one week were were a pure Facebook play, the next week we were a generic social network play, the next week we were an iPhone app. Nothing ever came of it.