I’m having dreadful issues with NextScripts Premium API at the moment.
A couple of weeks ago my Facebook account started flagging suspicious activity from my server in Germany. I confirmed my account was safe etc. and then around 2 weeks ago my account was temporarily locked!
Absolute panic stations at this point. My business was brought to its knees for a time. I tried creating ‘fake’ accounts to connect to NextScripts but within 2-4 posts those accounts were also locked and subsequently banned.
I have now got my main account back after a week-long ‘lock’ but I am now reluctant to connect my account to NextScripts again. I can’t take the risk. This means that my news site is currently not able to auto-post to Facebook, which is a real pain!
NextScripts say there is no issue, but clearly something has changed. My thoughts are that Facebook are cracking down on workarounds to the Facebook App/API process – which is basically what NS Premium API seems to be.
Thankfully it seems that the app review is estimated at just 5 days now, not the 7+ weeks it was when I first decided to upgrade to the NS Premium API when all the changes came in last year.
If this is Facebook cracking down, then it renders the Premium API useless. I just hope I can still use the plugin using Facebook’s API – should my app request be approved.