5. Our Mission
Give people the power to
share and make the world
more open and connected
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6. Your Mission:
Create opportunities for people
to
share and make the world
more open and connected
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7. Facebook Connect for iPhone
Get started today: http://developers.facebook.com/
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8. fbFund recap
10 25
Launch f8 Competition User Voting
Sept 2007 2008 2008 2008
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9. fbFund recap
10 25
Launch f8 Competition User Voting
Sept 2007 2008 2008 2008
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10. Submit startup entries for fbFund 2009 today!
Focus on Facebook Connect, New Incubator Program
Seed Funding
Connect
Mentorship
HotBe
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11. Apply Now:
http://www.facebook.com/fbFund
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12. Making your Websites Social
with Facebook Connect
March 15, 2009
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13. What are your goals?
1) Build Trafic
2) Create Deep Engagement
3) Profit wildly $$$
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14. How can Facebook Connect help?
1) Build Trafic - through social distribution
2) Create Deep Engagement - with identity and social context
3) Profit wildly $$$ - with more trafic and engagement
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29. How To
Two lines of Javascript
▪
Initializes Facebook Connect for your site
▪
Gets login status from Facebook
▪
Parses any XFBML tags
▪
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30. How To
Profiles and logged-in state
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40. Friends:LinkingContext as a Filter
Social
Friend
Massive
amounts
of content
Friends are
the filter
User Reviews Discussion Blogs
Board
Discovery
of friends
content
Videos Photos People
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41. How To
Get your session from Javascript
▪
It’s stored in your local cookies
▪
Connect it to your server session
▪
Make any Facebook API calls
▪
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42. I’ve got my identity
I’ve got my friends
Now what?
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43. Four ways to communicate via Facebook
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44. Four ways to communicate via Facebook
1) Requests:
▪ “Will you do X?”
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45. Four ways to communicate via Facebook
1) Requests:
▪ “Will you do X?”
2) Notifications:
▪ “I just did X at you”
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46. Four ways to communicate via Facebook
1) Requests:
▪ “Will you do X?”
2) Notifications:
▪ “I just did X at you”
3) Updates or Announcements:
▪ “There is something new”
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47. Four ways to communicate via Facebook
1) Requests:
▪ “Will you do X?”
2) Notifications:
▪ “I just did X at you”
3) Updates or Announcements:
▪ “There is something new”
4) Stream
▪ “I want to tell you about...”
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50. Feed Story Details
Actor
User Message
Media (image/
flash)
Body
Action Links
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51. New Feed Forms: More sharing, less reporting
• User-editable comment
field
• Comment can be pre-filled
by application
• User comment will be
returned to application
• Supports “short” story size,
removing multiple sizes
• Same methods, new
parameter: user_message
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55. Comments on the web should be social
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56. Comments on the web should be social
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57. Comments on the web should be social
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58. Comments on the web should be social
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59. How To
Register feed templates
▪
Tokenized Format
▪
JSON-encoded data for each story
▪
Prompt user to publish
▪
Javascript API + Ajax dialog
▪
Server-side publishing available too
▪
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60. Your Mission:
Give people the opportunity to
share and make the world
more open and connected
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61. (c) 2008 Facebook, Inc. or its licensors. quot;Facebookquot; is a registered trademark of Facebook, Inc.. All rights reserved. 1.0
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Editor's Notes
Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to share themselves and make the world more open and transparent.
What we all do – our engineers at Facebook and developers on Platform – is we give people tools, and the power, to share themselves and communicate in different ways. What we have found is that the most important information in the world is inside people. It’s how they’re thinking, how they’re feeling, how they relate to the people around them. And that information isn’t accessible in the world. It’s not out there available to be indexed. It’s only accessible if people choose to share it themselves and have the tools to do so, and that’s what we’re building.
The first version of the web was about putting all the information that existed offline now online. The next version will be about understanding that the web isn’t about sharing information, it’s about people sharing themselves. The full potential of the web is gives power back to the people so that everyone has a voice and can share what is important to them.
When that happens, more information will be available because people had control and chose to share it. The world will be a more transparent place, and this transparency will help us understand each other. It will help us see the good and the bad that we do and help us give each other more feedback to do more good. As the world gets more and more complex, transparency and sharing are key to the world being in harmony. And that’s what we’re all doing – we’re giving people the power to the share themselves and create this world.
This isn’t one organization’s mission. Making the world more transparent and bringing people together is more than any one organization can do. This is what we’re all doing, and we’re doing it together.
Today, Facebook has over 150 million active users around the world. We define active users as people who’ve visited Facebook at least once in the past 30 days.
Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to share themselves and make the world more open and transparent.
What we all do – our engineers at Facebook and developers on Platform – is we give people tools, and the power, to share themselves and communicate in different ways. What we have found is that the most important information in the world is inside people. It’s how they’re thinking, how they’re feeling, how they relate to the people around them. And that information isn’t accessible in the world. It’s not out there available to be indexed. It’s only accessible if people choose to share it themselves and have the tools to do so, and that’s what we’re building.
The first version of the web was about putting all the information that existed offline now online. The next version will be about understanding that the web isn’t about sharing information, it’s about people sharing themselves. The full potential of the web is gives power back to the people so that everyone has a voice and can share what is important to them.
When that happens, more information will be available because people had control and chose to share it. The world will be a more transparent place, and this transparency will help us understand each other. It will help us see the good and the bad that we do and help us give each other more feedback to do more good. As the world gets more and more complex, transparency and sharing are key to the world being in harmony. And that’s what we’re all doing – we’re giving people the power to the share themselves and create this world.
This isn’t one organization’s mission. Making the world more transparent and bringing people together is more than any one organization can do. This is what we’re all doing, and we’re doing it together.
Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to share themselves and make the world more open and transparent.
What we all do – our engineers at Facebook and developers on Platform – is we give people tools, and the power, to share themselves and communicate in different ways. What we have found is that the most important information in the world is inside people. It’s how they’re thinking, how they’re feeling, how they relate to the people around them. And that information isn’t accessible in the world. It’s not out there available to be indexed. It’s only accessible if people choose to share it themselves and have the tools to do so, and that’s what we’re building.
The first version of the web was about putting all the information that existed offline now online. The next version will be about understanding that the web isn’t about sharing information, it’s about people sharing themselves. The full potential of the web is gives power back to the people so that everyone has a voice and can share what is important to them.
When that happens, more information will be available because people had control and chose to share it. The world will be a more transparent place, and this transparency will help us understand each other. It will help us see the good and the bad that we do and help us give each other more feedback to do more good. As the world gets more and more complex, transparency and sharing are key to the world being in harmony. And that’s what we’re all doing – we’re giving people the power to the share themselves and create this world.
This isn’t one organization’s mission. Making the world more transparent and bringing people together is more than any one organization can do. This is what we’re all doing, and we’re doing it together.
Yesterday, Dave announced that Facebook Connect for iPhone is now available. We’ve created a lot of documentation on our developer website, including a 5-minute how-to video tutorial to help you get started.
To help support your development, we also announced that we are now accepting submissions for fbFund. Here’s a quick look at how fbFund has evolved. fbFund started in 2007 as a seed fund focused on supporting entrepreneurs who are building their business on Facebook.com or with Facebook Connect. This fund was formed to provide resources to the Facebook developer ecosystem and eliminate some of the challenges of starting a company by supporting the development of businesses that provide users with a social and engaging experience.
Since 2007, we’ve funded 35 companies via a competition where users helped us choose.
Just wanted to highlight one of our most recent successes: Weddingbook was acquired by TheKnot, Inc.
And now, we’re excited to see what you’ve got. Do you have what it takes to succeed?
Submit your startup entries for fbFund. Year, we’re focused on Facebook Connect and we’d like to announce a summer program that will take place in Palo Alto.
Details:
Facebook Announces fbFund 2009 and Summer Incubator Program, Focus on Facebook Connect
Seed Fund now Accepting 2009 Startup Entries for Web & iPhone Apps using Facebook Connect; Winners to receive distribution, funding, mentorship
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 14, 2009 - fbFund, a $10 million seed fund backed by Founders Fund and Accel, is now accepting applications for its third funding cycle. Announced recently at the South by Southwest Conference, fbFund is focusing on entrepreneurs building innovative, social, and engaging websites and iPhone apps using Facebook Connect.
<Quote from Ethan excited about fbFund and future of Facebook Connect>
Based on engagement metrics and user demand, fifty teams will be selected and publicly recognized in May. From those teams, a subset will receive a $100,000 equity investment and an invitation to spend the summer in Palo Alto, CA building their business. While in Silicon Valley, the teams will connect with Facebook engineers and executives, along with successful entrepreneurs, Angel investors, and Venture Capitalists that will provide real-world advice, insight and perspectives into building a successful business.
<Quote from Founders Fund – Sean, Justin, Dave>
Any team or company, anywhere in the world is encouraged to apply to fbFund, as long as they have not received any formal venture funding. We invite you to learn more and apply on the website: http://developers.facebook.com/fbFund.php. Applications will be accepted through April 20, 2009.
<Quote from Accel – Jim, Andrew>
About fbFund
fbFund is a seed fund focused on supporting entrepreneurs who are building their business on Facebook.com or with Facebook Connect. This fund was formed to provide resources to the Facebook developer ecosystem and eliminate some of the challenges of starting a company by supporting the development of businesses that provide users with a social and engaging experience. To learn more about fbFund and the recipients, visit: http://developers.facebook.com/fbFund.php.