karl
May 14th, 2013, 03:17 PM
A Facebook app offering users a one-in-six chance of deleting their account has been pulled from the site.
Social Roulette mimicked the lethal game of Russian Roulette, in which players spin the cylinder of a revolver hoping to avoid the one loaded chamber.
According to its developers, the app was brought to Facebook's attention by an automated system that deals with "negative user experience".
Facebook said the app "violated its platform policies".
Full story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22523821
Social Roulette mimicked the lethal game of Russian Roulette, in which players spin the cylinder of a revolver hoping to avoid the one loaded chamber.
According to its developers, the app was brought to Facebook's attention by an automated system that deals with "negative user experience".
Facebook said the app "violated its platform policies".
Full story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22523821