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You know what? Facebook gives users the tools to block this stuff. You can block all content from an app. Now I know zynga makes a few apps, but not that many Any time some new one pops up in my feed I block it. I haven't had a problem with this junk in my feed for a very long time. I can barely believe its bugging smart technical people.

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True, if you spend enough time on Facebook that you can block social viruses as they appear, then you will never see more than one or two at a time.

But there is no technical reason why Facebook doesn't allow users to categorically block a virus developer. It's a political reason: new viruses entering the system get new eyeballs, reinforcing the business model.

> I can barely believe its bugging smart technical people.

I doubt they're complaining on behalf of smart technical people... instead, it's all their friends who fill news feeds with junk because they don't know any better!

I have the same work flow.

In addition, these "OK/Yes", "OK/(auto enabled toggle)", "YES-only" dialogs are not unique to Zynga and not unique to Farmville 2; it's been around for a while. I suppose the author of the blog was only recently compelled to try out the game?

> I suppose the author of the blog was only recently compelled to try out the game?

The post is on the blog of a social gaming company; their key take-away seems to be:

   Developers beware the backlash with yet less discovery for quality games

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