Want to instantly get millions of users to your Facebook application? All you need to do is tell them that the application they are installing will tell them who recently viewed their profile. That’s exactly what hundreds of new Facebook applications are promising and so far the usage among Facebook users has been astonishing.
These applications are the latest trick by scam developers to drive an immense amount of traffic while simultaneously placing countless ads on each page. While the developers could argue that the applications are “for entertainment purposes”, there isn’t even a disclaimer which states that the apps are fake. These applications require that users grant them permission to write to their profile wall on their behalf and then immediately post a link bank to the application.
It’s a great trick and now there are tons of applications doing this. So who are the developers behind these applications? Right now it’s pretty hard to determine as the developers are hosting their content on anonymous servers. Despite the developers doing everything to avoid detection, Facebook is actively shutting down these applications. Upwards of 100 applications were shut down in the past 24 hours after attracting millions of users.
All the applications that we were previously viewing (one of which is pictured below) have been shut down, however one other application, Facebook Profile Watcher, continues to operate under a misleading title. Rather than displaying who viewed your profile, the application produces relevant information about your friends, such as the most popular events among your friends.
While there are still legitimate applications that have misleading titles, there are still developers looking to cash in on the “who views my Facebook” trend.
Probably pretty easy to track them via their advertisers.
Comment by linto — February 16, 2010 @ 11:03 am
I hate these apps, like seriously, sort it out Facebook.
Comment by David King — February 16, 2010 @ 11:14 am
nice article
Comment by Veronica Reynolds — February 16, 2010 @ 12:56 pm
THIS IS THE STUPIDEST ISH EVER. why do people care SOOO DAMN BAD if someone is checkin there profile??? i guaranteed you that the same people that are using those stupid virus, spammin apps are the same people that have someone they stalk on a day to day basics. WTF cares?! i really dont give a damn who sees me either way -___-""
Comment by kkdjfkl — February 17, 2010 @ 8:22 am
I don't realy care who views my profile, but would it be interesting to see. I'm not sure why fb is up in arms about allowing folks to see who has seen their profile and why fb usrs are so desperate to find out.
Comment by pThomas — February 17, 2010 @ 11:53 am
I've seen this kind of feature before on Orkut, Google's social network which is famous in Brazil,my country, and India.
This was a standard feature that could be turned on/off by the user, so if you want to see who came to your page, you would apper when sniffing into someone else's page.
I catch myself reminding of this Orkut app and wondering when it would arrive to Facebook. Personally I don't like it, because it turns the social network more into watching others than sharing.
Comment by Rafael Pasqua — February 19, 2010 @ 8:15 am
How do i download the profile watcher
Comment by Linda Marcellus — March 6, 2010 @ 11:35 am
Well I think that is good to know who watch a profile hope that will work corecty.I like to know who I have a deal in fb.
Comment by Jelica Marutti de Le — March 21, 2010 @ 12:10 pm
Hey I appreciate the info for this app I thought it was a great idea but you know if it sounds to good to be true then it is probably not so good–run.
So I have told my folks that I asked them to join with the best of intentions but I will delete this app from my fb and I will check this site before I go do stupid things like this again.
sincerely thankful, jy
Comment by jy — March 22, 2010 @ 9:56 am
Holy poopdeck.. So many people missing the point am I going mad, am I the only one that has NOT fallen for the app or said how good it is after reading a news story that says:
"Rather than displaying who viewed your profile, the application produces relevant information about your friends, such as the most popular events among your friends."
The apps are fake. Its a scam. The app does not work. Asking where to download it is pretty fail.
Comment by Blondie — April 12, 2010 @ 1:57 pm
how do i install the icon
Comment by LaRonica Renee Davis — May 23, 2010 @ 4:27 pm
still do not understand.
Comment by ? ? ? ??? ? — July 6, 2010 @ 10:43 pm
There are lots of facebook application available on facebook. Some of them contain viruses which are harmful for facebook accounts. Facebook have to scan all those application once. Because it create an bad impact on many users…
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Comment by Aris — July 11, 2010 @ 1:01 am
One of the coolest features of Bebo was the 'who has viewed me profile' and if there were not on your friends list it gave you a rough position of where their IP addy was, I miss that app! whats the big deal with facebook not wanting us to know who is checking us out?? I don't get it!
Comment by graeme sutherland — July 22, 2010 @ 7:26 pm
One of the coolest features of Bebo was the ‘who has viewed me profile’ and if there were not on your friends list it gave you a rough position of where their IP addy was, I miss that app! whats the big deal with facebook not wanting us to know who is checking us out?? I don’t get it!
Comment by saher — August 7, 2010 @ 8:02 am
doesnt work, appears to have frozen for the past 4 months!
Comment by julie — September 2, 2010 @ 11:08 am
is it true
Comment by riham — November 3, 2010 @ 1:39 pm
OMG! I finally found a way
to see Who viewed my Profile
and check if they do visit my profile everyday.
You can try it too! http://is.gd/gTygW
Comment by ThinkAgain — December 9, 2010 @ 12:28 am
how the fuk do you download this shit brov fuking pakis
Comment by mohammed — March 25, 2011 @ 3:14 pm
Honestly! What i don't get is how people are so naive to fall for this rubbish!
Comment by FacebookAppDev — April 27, 2011 @ 7:07 am
interesting post and good advices. Thanks
Comment by diagnostic scanner — June 30, 2011 @ 12:02 pm
We should not use these without any prescription
Comment by Blackberry App — July 25, 2011 @ 7:48 am
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Comment by iPhone App — July 25, 2011 @ 8:11 am
i also used this application..Its awesome FB app
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Comment by Facebook Developer — September 5, 2011 @ 4:48 am
I'm not being able to download the watcher application. Can someone guide me through the process?
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