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MySpace to tighten communication rules


By P. J. Connolly
May 23, 2008 — 
Corporate developers are increasingly charged with finding new ways to leverage social networks for business purposes, but there’s a well-founded fear of creating security breaches in the process. One name-brand social network is taking its own steps to reduce the exposure.

MySpace announced new developer guidelines on May 20 to govern application communication. The goal is to limit application behavior that is designed to trick users or even encourage them to generate traffic.

The first restriction is that giving incentives to MySpace members for sending messages, comments or any type of communication is forbidden. The rule extends to enabling extra features in a MySpace application, giving points or using other status enhancements.

Second, MySpace users are to be told explicitly what they are sending at the time of execution. “Share with friends” is apparently no longer enough; “send comment” or “send bulletin” is the new form.

As part of the guidelines, MySpace also said that the “no popups” rule applies to message windows that have appeared at the first-time launch of some applications.

Further details are at the MySpace developer blog.


Related Search Term(s): Messaging, security


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