Facebook open up their Facebook Platform a few weeks ago, and I finally got a chance to mess around with it a little bit the other day.
I decided to go for simple and port my Baby Puncher site to a Facebook application. I threw it up there and got it working and then, after I got 5 people to add it to their applications, I tried to submit it to their public directory.

A few hours later I received an email from Facebook that said:

Hi Garrison,

Thanks for your submission of "Baby Puncher" to the Facebook Platform's Product Directory. We have reviewed your application, and unfortunately cannot yet add it to the directory because it contains offensive material. Please fix this problem and resubmit the application.

Thanks!

The Facebook Platform Team

I fail to see how punching a baby is offensive…it doesn't cry or bleed or anything. It just bounces around. There is a Facebook app called SuperPoke that replaces the poking feature of Facebook that lets you bitch-slap, lick, grope, and spank your friends. That seems just as offensive as punching babies to me.

In light of this, I'm officially starting a grassroots effort to get as many users of the Baby Puncher Facebook application as possible. Facebook shouldn't be allowed to decide what's offensive and what's awesome.

Click here to show your support and add it to your Facebook Applications now!

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