[Facebooker-talk] Facebook Test Accounts

[BJ Clark]

You guys didn't hear this from me, but you can just make fake users  
that aren't "test" users.
Turns out, with like, however millions of people, a few can sneak by.

Just don't create hundreds or thousands to inflate your install #s.

BJ Clark


On Apr 20, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Christopher Bailey wrote:
> The key to it (I wrote the below referenced blog entry), is to add  
> the app to the test accounts before they are test accounts.  But,  
> honestly, things on FB may have changed since I wrote that (yes,  
> they change fast!).  What I found was, I add my app to my "regular"  
> FB account.  I set it so only devs can see it, etc.  I then make  
> some "test" accounts, but don't actually use the URL that makes them  
> a test account yet.  I then have all of them add the app (make those  
> test accounts developers of the app first).  Finally, when that's  
> all set up, you can make them test accounts.
>
> The whole test user thing on FB is pretty bad, actually, it's  
> terrible to be honest.  They put all sorts of limits and weird  
> behaviors on it, and it makes it hard to use, as well as makes it  
> far less useful because you can't interact with those accounts as  
> well.
>
> NOte, if you already made test accounts, you can "undo" that by  
> removing them from the test group/network (can't recall precisely).   
> So, if you need, undo them, then add the app, then make them test  
> accounts again.
>
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Dustin Anderson <dkanderson at gmail.com 
> > wrote:
> I apologize if this isn't relevant necessarily to facebooker, but I'm
> trying to figure out what everyone is using as a best practice for
> setting up test apps & test accounts.
>
> Basic question - how can I use Facebook test user accounts to add an
> app that is in Developer Mode (the box is checked in the App Settings
> that says "Check this box to only allow developers of the application
> to install the application.")?
>
> I followed the instructions from this post:
> http://codeintensity.blogspot.com/2008/02/testing-facebook-applications-with-test.html
>
> And it didn't work... the application disappeared completely from the
> original owner's "My Apps" listings after adding the test user as a
> developer and changing the test user to be in the Facebook Test Users
> Network.
>
> The wiki (http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php?title=Test_Accounts 
> )
> has a ton of complaints about this problem - with seemingly no
> resolution, but I'm wondering if anyone has figured it out... or if
> I'm missing something.
>
> Do I have to develop an app in non-Developer Mode if I want to use
> test accounts?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Dustin
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