Hi guys!,
I’m building a very simple third party app/ web service for Facebook, but I need to know if Facebook will shut if down (as it MIGHT not adhere to the terms of service).
Background: Jerry and John are both on Facebook, and know each other in real life.
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For whatever reason, John wants to ANONYMOUSLY send Jerry a message through Facebook (either by Facebook message, a post to his wall, etc.) of the following statement:
“Do you like baseball?”
(Note: John does NOT have the ability to control what the message says - through my app, he can only choose to send Jerry either the message “Do you like baseball?”, or nothing at all! This precludes him from sending anything harassing, threatening, etc.). -
Now, John knows he cannot send Jerry anonymous messages on his own, through his Facebook account. So, John sends me & my app/web service a request to relay the message “Do you like baseball?” to Jerry, while keeping his (John‘s) identity a secret.
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As such, our web service sends Jerry a message. The entire message reads:
"Hello,
One of our shy friends would like to relay the following message to you:
‘Do you like baseball?’
All the best,
The web service"
- Jerry will have the following options:
A. Answer back to our web app/ Service
B. Ignore the message and possibly block our web service/app.
My questions:
- Will Facebook shut this app/ web service down, as it ultimately facilitates an anonymous (but harmless) message? Technically, my app/ web service is the sender, and is disclosing it’s name to Jerry (recipient).
- Does my app violate any terms of service (if so, can you please provide reference to the exact term of service?) COULD Jerry successfully file a legitimate complaint about this, and will it get taken seriously?