Integrate Facebook w. Drupal Buddylist module
dkruglyak - October 31, 2007 - 08:49
| Project: | Drupal for Facebook |
| Version: | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | task |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
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Description
Filing a placeholder / discussion issue for linking the friend lists. One thing to consider is which BuddyList version to rely on -
http://groups.drupal.org/node/5233
#1
Further notes on the integration. For every friend relationship there are 3 cases & uses:
1) Friend is a FB friend, but not BL friend => leverage FB social graph
2) Friend is BL friend, but not FB friend => leverage Internet marketing
3) Friend is both FB and BL friend => consistent user experience across both
I think the synchronization should not be automatic, as it might violate Facebook TOS, that disallows storing friend relationships in a database. However an explicit prompt to create a BL relation (i.e. 1=>3 transition) should be legit.
Inviting FB friends to be BL friends would require them to accept and create a Drupal account first. So we should think through the workflow on install. One thing that I see missing in these FB-initiated Drupal accounts is email address. Perhaps it should be prompted?
So in essence BuddyList would only reflect a subset of FB friends (much like you create in apps like Top Friends), plus any other Drupal users added manually.
BuddyList should not be too hard and this integration will pave a way to creating custom sub-networks.