Comments on: I’ve just seen today what websites will be like tomorrow: Red Bull + Facebook Connect.

By: MyBlogLog, TwitterRemote, Google or Facebook communities… the Identity war started | - Fluid'Advance - by Brieuc Saffré

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:23:23 +0000

[...] just installed the Facebook Connect (launched just before Google Connect). I already saw this one several months ago for a Red Bull website. I think it’s a great idea. Maybe it will take time to build the Facebook community on the [...]

By: Michael Beavers

Michael Beavers — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:00:05 +0000

Sorry…forgot the link.
http://threeminds.organic.com/2009/01/getting_away_from_facebook_wit.html

By: Michael Beavers

Michael Beavers — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:46:31 +0000

Hi, Olivier:

Just referenced this in my post. Really enjoyed the read! I have to disagree with some of the walled garden comments above. I think FB Connect is their effort to expand their influence beyond FB’s garden walls.

Happy harvesting, everyone.
Michael

By: olivier PEYRE [FullSIX NY]

olivier PEYRE [FullSIX NY] — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:15:03 +0000

Well, Mark, we’re on it. We just need to upgrade our WordPress 1st!

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:49:06 +0000

I heart websites that talk about how great/life changing facebook connect is (and they haven’t implemented it themselves)!

By: olivier PEYRE [FullSIX NY]

olivier PEYRE [FullSIX NY] — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:48:56 +0000

True, that’s a major concern, one that makes us hesitant to integrate sites with Connect, so that our data does not belong dependent to Facebook. I believe that this is really where the Social Network war is gonna be. The first one to do Connect with APIs and open walls will probably win developers’ heart, which will result in massive attraction/retention of users for that Social Network.

A chart comparing Facebook Connect and OpenID here:
http://www.mindmeister.com/8784099

Let’s hope that one of them or Google or someone else will come up with a decent solution soon because this is very exciting!

By: Dinis Correia

Dinis Correia — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:45:46 +0000

Definitely a buzz topic for the year to come.

Also, some people are voicing concerns about the proprietary technology used for Facebook Connect:
http://chrissaad.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/facebook-connect-aka-hailstorm-20/

…and I can see why. It’s like Facebook is trying to raise the walls of its garden, keeping all interaction within those walls.

By: olivier PEYRE [FullSIX NY]

olivier PEYRE [FullSIX NY] — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:57:35 +0000

Indeed. I hesitated to link back to our earlier article about Google Friend Connect, offering a pretty similar set of functionalities sans the extensive community that Facebook managed to attract:
http://www.thetrendwatch.com/2008/05/13/can-google-friend-connect-change-the-way-we-usecreate-websites/

By: Dinis Correia

Dinis Correia — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:19:59 +0000

What a day, exciting news for social networking! Google also announced today Google Friend Connect – similar to Facebook Connect, though a bit more limited, and build on top of OpenSocial and OpenID

Wired referred to this as “The Identity Wars”. I wouldn’t go that far, but both Facebook and Google will obviously struggle to gain network power. Facebook is clearly ahead and it’s a richer experience for the user, the web site and Facebook itself.

Can’t wait to see FC in action and even give it a try on a couple of projects.