Facebook apps make it easy for developers to connect with users and gather necessary info, but they also come loaded with scary-sounding requirements like “This app is going to have access to all your personal data, photos, home address, and children’s blood type.”
What do you do if you want to let people engage gradually, only granting permission for things when the app really needs them?
Arthur Chang has figured it out, and shared his solution with the world. Hop over to his site for a method using one FQL query.
This method will result in more users signing up when they see that they can actually access the app without having to let it write to their wall before they’ve even found out what it does in the first place.
