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This is so, so correct. I've been doing Facebook stuff for a few years now, and this rant is just the tip of the iceberg.

Other favorites:

* They accidentally flipped the switch to a new authentication mechanism overnight to a beta with no documentation. It took them over 48 hours to realize and fix this mistake.

* At one point I was asking for JSON and intermittently getting back XML instead. Apparently JSON parsers can't parse XML. Who knew?

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I have to agree. Just about every bit of this article is correct, it's part why I hate developing for Facebook so, so much. For an API whose stated goal was to power the social fabric of the interwebs, Facebook is doing a terrible job of letting those of us who create the interwebs work with it. The only response I've gotten from FB engineers was either "Sorry." or "I don't know what your talking about," both in person at F8 or via IRC.

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