For Facebook users who wage war on the seemingly endless stream of game invitations, a message to you is, help is on the way.<\/p>\n
Chief Executive of Facebook Incorporated, Mark Zuckerberg\u00a0has announced that\u00a0the social network is finally going to do something about the constant notifications that nag users to download games and play with friends.<\/p>\n
The topic came up during a Q&A at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. Mr. Zuckerberg said a question about stopping the notifications was voted most popular on Facebook ahead of the gathering.<\/p>\n
He credited the world\u2019s largest democracy Wednesday for alerting him to the gravity of the problem and said this is an example of why Q&As are really valuable.<\/p>\n
He added that he asked the person in charge of Facebook\u2019s developer platform to look into a solution before the town hall even began.<\/p>\n
Game invitations might be a nuisance for recipients who aren\u2019t interested in playing, but games are often designed to reward senders.<\/p>\n
In the case of \u201cCandy Crush Saga,\u201d for example, the more requests people send to others on Facebook to play the game, the more \u201clives\u201d they gain in return.<\/p>\n
Such features are outdated, Mr. Zuckerberg acknowledged, but updating or doing away with them wasn\u2019t high on the company\u2019s to-do list — until now.<\/p>\n
He said Facebook had other priorities, but that since it\u2019s now clear this is a top concern for users, the company is going to prioritize the matter.<\/p>\n
While a shrinking number of people play games on Facebook today, there was a time when titles such as \u201cFarmVille\u201d and \u201cMafia Wars\u201d were a major draw for the social-networking site.<\/p>\n
Companies like Zynga Inc. and King Digital Entertainment PLC catapulted to prominence due to the popularity of their games played on Facebook’s website.<\/p>\n
They have since moved on now that gamers have shifted to mobile devices.<\/p>\n
Facebook’s revenue from games is a drop in the bucket compared with what it pulls in from advertising.<\/p>\n
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Source: The Wall Street Journal<\/p>\n
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