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In addition to what I said here:

This is specific-website related but not really computer related. We try to avoid pure "support for X website" questions, as they are best suited on forums that specialize in X website.

a clarification: some Facebook questions may be OK:

we only support Facebook questions if they relate to software tools that work with Facebook, or ways to get software (or other websites) to work with Facebook.

Basically a mashup type argument. It can't be about Facebook alone, because we're not a Facebook website support forum; there have to be hundreds of better places for that.

So this is OK, because it involves making another app/website work with Facebook:

http://superuser.com/questions/51972/how-to-make-facebook-notifications-feed-to-work-with-google-readerhttps://superuser.com/questions/51972/how-to-make-facebook-notifications-feed-to-work-with-google-reader

But this is not OK, because it's purely about the Facebook web site alone:

http://superuser.com/questions/78144/how-do-i-make-someone-else-the-owner-of-a-group-on-facebook-closedhttps://superuser.com/questions/78144/how-do-i-make-someone-else-the-owner-of-a-group-on-facebook-closed

Greasemonkey stuff is obviously OK as well, since that falls under the category of "tool that works with a website".

In addition to what I said here:

This is specific-website related but not really computer related. We try to avoid pure "support for X website" questions, as they are best suited on forums that specialize in X website.

a clarification: some Facebook questions may be OK:

we only support Facebook questions if they relate to software tools that work with Facebook, or ways to get software (or other websites) to work with Facebook.

Basically a mashup type argument. It can't be about Facebook alone, because we're not a Facebook website support forum; there have to be hundreds of better places for that.

So this is OK, because it involves making another app/website work with Facebook:

http://superuser.com/questions/51972/how-to-make-facebook-notifications-feed-to-work-with-google-reader

But this is not OK, because it's purely about the Facebook web site alone:

http://superuser.com/questions/78144/how-do-i-make-someone-else-the-owner-of-a-group-on-facebook-closed

Greasemonkey stuff is obviously OK as well, since that falls under the category of "tool that works with a website".

In addition to what I said here:

This is specific-website related but not really computer related. We try to avoid pure "support for X website" questions, as they are best suited on forums that specialize in X website.

a clarification: some Facebook questions may be OK:

we only support Facebook questions if they relate to software tools that work with Facebook, or ways to get software (or other websites) to work with Facebook.

Basically a mashup type argument. It can't be about Facebook alone, because we're not a Facebook website support forum; there have to be hundreds of better places for that.

So this is OK, because it involves making another app/website work with Facebook:

https://superuser.com/questions/51972/how-to-make-facebook-notifications-feed-to-work-with-google-reader

But this is not OK, because it's purely about the Facebook web site alone:

https://superuser.com/questions/78144/how-do-i-make-someone-else-the-owner-of-a-group-on-facebook-closed

Greasemonkey stuff is obviously OK as well, since that falls under the category of "tool that works with a website".

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In addition to what I said here:

This is specific-website related but not really computer related. We try to avoid pure "support for X website" questions, as they are best suited on forums that specialize in X website.

a clarification: some Facebook questions may be OK:

we only support Facebook questions if they relate to software tools that work with Facebook, or ways to get software (or other websites) to work with Facebook.

Basically a mashup type argument. It can't be about Facebook alone, because we're not a Facebook website support forum; there have to be hundreds of better places for that.

So this is OK, because it involves making another app/website work with Facebook:

http://superuser.com/questions/51972/how-to-make-facebook-notifications-feed-to-work-with-google-reader

But this is not OK, because it's purely about the Facebook web site alone:

http://superuser.com/questions/78144/how-do-i-make-someone-else-the-owner-of-a-group-on-facebook-closed

Greasemonkey stuff is obviously OK as well, since that falls under the category of "tool that works with a website".