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new applications and games dashboard

facebook is intending that application developers use “personal news items” as a partial substitute for user-to-user notifications, as these are indeed a new app-to-user channel. however, unlike notifications, 1) there is no unified inbox, and 2) only the two most recent news items are shown, meaning the read rate and conversion rates could be lower. for example, if you send a user two “personal” news items, and then publish a “global” news item, the first personal news item you sent will apparently be lost forever.

in addition to the dashboard news api, the new games and application dashboards will include counters, allow user mentions, and show friends’ recent activity in games and other apps.

• reference - http://www.insidefacebook.com/2010/01/21/facebook-platform-dashboard-news-api-sandbox-now-open/

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