Do Facebook Graph API calls using field expansion count differently against the rate limits than batch calls

Question

I am looking to optimize my Facebook app.

Today I make a batch call with four graph API calls:

/me
/me/friends
/me/likes
/me/feed

I

Answer 1

According to the Facebook Docs,

The Field Expansion feature of the Graph API, allows you to effectively "join" multiple graph queries into a single call.

So your queries above would represent four calls in the Batch form, and one call in the Field Expanded form.

As I noted in a comment above: A batch sends multiple-but-not-necessarily-related queries to Facebook in a single request. Field expansion is like doing joins in SQL through a single query.