My presentation at Widget Summit 2008 on how MySpace Data Availability is embracing the Open Stack, and how to use it to power social functionality

2. What Makes Me “Me”?

9. The Web Identity activity profile social graph reputation authentication content

10. The Old World Social Networks Social Sites

12. The New World Data Availability

14. The Goal?

15. Make Life Simpler

16. The Platforms…

17. Courtesy of Joseph Smarr, from Web 2.0 Expo NYC

18. Data Availability: Leverage MySpace Outside of MySpace

19. MySpace Developer Platform Data Availability Application Platform Developer Relations Libraries, sample code, forums, blogs, docs… OpenSocial, MyOpenSpace OpenID, OAuth, REST API’s external development internal development community outreach

20. Social Platforms Your Site

21. Why This Matters to You

23. User Acquisition Lower the barrier to entry

24. Retention You become both complementary and indispensable

26. Monetization Gain valuable insights into your user base by allowing them to easily plug in

27. Why This Matters

28. What Is Available Now

29. Our Current Implementation friends authentication profile content registration

31. Easier Account Creation

36. Where We Go Next

40. Closing Thoughts

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