Facebook goes all-in(to) social status feed

The focus of the new Facebook UI design and the F8 developers conversation is all focused on sharing updates in the Newsfeed. Social status, sharing and communication across the social graph is their core. VentureBeat covered F8 well (and took the picture here)



The good news is that it seems we (apps) can more easily tap into the FB feed via Facebook Connect, a data portability API. This is great integration for apps - but it's also great for users that can just sign into an app using their FB login. I like this alot. Us meta guys are not social networks and we'd rather not build rich profiles - better to import data and link to FB as system of record. TechCrunch has some good preso images including this one:



I predict Facebook Connect gets a bunch of new social status updates flowing into your newsfeed. It will also put pressure on Friendfeed as a niche crowd.

So if FB does aggregation of user status, everyone sends updates there, and all the users are over there.. then how do you stand out in the social status space?

The other question.. now that all the giggly apps have been buried somewhere in the new design, will users appreciate the new no-glitter design focused on sharing? It's a bold move by FB, leading its users (and developers) in the right direction (whether we want to go there or not).

Now give us the promised XMPP chat connection already! (I am hoping that is part of FB Connect)