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I'm excited to try Filepicker.io in an upcoming project but

Why on earth does it need "Post on my behalf" permissions for Facebook? I'm guessing FB will be a popular sources of images for many, but this just adds another (confusing IMO) step in the authorization process. Yes, I know it's an optional permission but totally unnecessary IMO.

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I agree - I really don't like the language Facebook uses for this. We need the ability to save photos back into your facebook, which facebook considers to be a "Post". We explicitly turn off notifying your friends, so we don't spam the world whenever you save a photo, but facebook still considers this a post and requires the corresponding permissions

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