Hello all,
Is anyone else reading about Google Friend Connect? See
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7397470.stm and
http://www.google.com/friendconnect/home/moreinfo
A couple of selected quotes
"Websites that are not social networks may still want to be social. But
the barriers to offering social applications on the site have been
considerable. Google Friend Connect changes this by enabling any site to
offer dozens of social gadgets created by Google and OpenSocial
developers to their visitors."
"Some quick examples ...
/An academic site/ - Discuss and review articles in context with
colleagues and the broader community. Filter the discussion to
colleagues only, or widen your view. Forge connections with new
participants whose comments seem particularly insightful."
I remember some discussion here touching on the relationship between
repositories and social networks, this might be relevant.
Phil.
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