Facebook Connect & Facebook Platform in use at
GROU.PSEmre Sokullu
What is GROU.PS ?
GROU.PS embraces Facebook
The future is Facebook Connect
• Facebook’s Value
The future is Facebook Connect
• Facebook’s Value• Facebook’s Social Graph
Facebook Connect vs Facebook Platform
Facebook’s Social Graph
Platform, inside Facebook Connect, outside Facebook
Facebook Connect vs Facebook Platform
Facebook’s Social Graph
Platform, inside Facebook Connect, outside Facebook
Walled garden, not much flexibility
Applications
Applications, they’re dead!
Our Acquisitions
• Memleket Neresi• Blood Type
• Very minor acquisitions• Purpose: to experiment with the Platform• Strategy: buy relevant community apps
Facebook Platform’s Top Success:Social Games: Zynga making $200M / year
Why no Facebook Games in Turkey?
Facebook Platform @ GROU.PS
Facebook Connect @ GROU.PS
Implicit Features
• Post New Event -> posted on Facebook too– events.create
• Change your Status Message -> posted on Facebook too– status.set
• Massive distribution opportunity
What’s Coming?
• Facebook Platform support inside GROU.PS• Export your group into Facebook
Facebook helps us in many ways
• Thrift & Scribe• Cassandra – we’re looking at it.• NOSQL
Open Discussion
• Facebook• Twitter• GROU.PS• Where are we headed to?