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Facebook is taking steps to prevent some third-party applications from engaging in what the social networking company considers inappropriate actions.
Dave Morin

Facebook's senior platform manager

outlined late Monday in an
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In the blog posting

titled "Change is Coming

" Morin states that the changes are designed to create an environment in which the popularity of applications is determined by how useful and entertaining they are.
For example

Facebook wants to stop developers from displaying big boxes in profiles that scream in capital letters messages like "ADD THIS APPLICATION!" to visitors

while hiding them from profile owners.
To that end

the latest release of the Facebook Markup Language -- version 1.1 -- changes how profile boxes display :-):-):-):-):-):-):-)

removing applications' ability to display profile :-):-):-):-):-):-):-) to visitors and hide it from profile owners.
"We did this so that the user is always aware of how they are expressing themselves to their friends through your application. This means no more yellow boxes that display 'Add this app!' in the profile box without the user knowing about it

" Morin wrote. "We think this will help users make more informed decisions about the profile boxes they choose."
Meanwhile

this week

Facebook will shift how it measures application popularity in its applications directory away from total users and toward user engagement. "This will help inform users as they make decisions on which applications to add

" Morin wrote.
The company will also remove e-mail from a notifications capability for developers to contact users who have adopted their applications. The reason is to aaaaa down on what Facebook considers the spamming of deceptive and misleading notifications to its members.
Earlier this month

Morin posted a
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stating that Facebook had noticed developers misleading users "into clicking on links

adding applications and taking actions."
Facebook didn't immediately respond to a request seeking comment.
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