The developer of a Facebook app has gone public with a post claiming that Facebook executives tried to hire him because the company was building a similar app.
While the idea of an "aqui-hire" might not sound bad to some, Dalton Caldwell, the CEO of App.net, charges that Facebook uses its heft to intimidate developers like himself rather than help build up the app community.
Reps from Facebook could not be reached for comment.
In a post entitled "Dear Mark Zuckerberg," Dalton claims he visited Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters on June 13 and met with several execs at the company. "I was hoping the outcome of this meeting would be executive-level support for my impen…
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