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?