Our vision for Facebook Platform is to empower the world's developers to make the Web more social for users. To help you get a better idea of what we mean, we're publishing our Guiding Principles for Social Applications.
These principles articulate the potential we think your applications have to offer value to users. This list also brings together the aspirations we've heard from passionate developers and avid application users since Facebook Platform launched in May 2007.
Be trustworthy.
- Respect data privacy
- Don't spam or encourage inauthentic actions
- Don't mislead or surprise users
Contribute positively to user experience.
- Create social and engaging experiences
- Enable user choice and control
- Promote sharing of expressive and relevant content