Introduction to the Social Graph API

http://code.google.com/apis/socialgraph
Google engineer Brad Fitzpatrick gives an introduction to the Social Graph API. The Social Graph API makes information about the public connections between people more easily available. Developers can query this public information to offer their users dramatically streamlined "add friends" functionality and other useful features.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Google
• Social
• Graph
• API

[gkraft]

A need exists to enclose this type of info in a secure and controlled manner. This will become a Digital DNA of your relationships, even though we can, we probably shouldn't...

Orwell's "1984" is all around us, the ability to track or locate an individual should not be abused.

Google will be responsible legally should negative experiences occur...

[estodril]

This is of great use to indentity thiefs and big brother governemnts.

[OXOChart]

The Chart is finally here!

Connect. Connect.

Visit Profile

[aJustinBieberSongs]

Nice Drawing huh/

[camperben]

Just might as wall accept that the only thing private anymore exists only between your two ears. As long as my phone can point me to the nearest latte on sale while I tweet my location to all my "friends" on Farmville......I guess I'm happy.

[psychemedia]

Here’s an example of the Social Graph API in action – powering a visualisation that shows connections between people who have recently tweeted a particular term or hashtag: blog.ouseful.info/2011/04/12/u­sing-protovis-to-visualise-con­nections-between-people-tweeti­ng-a-particular-term/

[jntesteves]

@bbyrd009b This is not a product. This is an API for software developers. This is a technical IT video and doesn't mean nothing to normal users, really.

[jntesteves]

@estodril All this information is already there and identity thieves and big brother governments already use it. What is being proposed here is a common, standard API so that *we*, the good developers doing really usefull apps like Twitter, Facebook, Orkut, MySpace, etc. can use it too to comunicate better with each other and show that widget to our users that says: "You probably know this guy. Why don't you follow him too".

[AdeonWriter]

@Benz145 Probably was just filmed in 4:3 - not much you can do after that point.

[Suavsilk]

lol classic, hell good

[TheMikeFlah]

"And now I have friends and i'm happy *clicks pen*" Hilarious.

Social graph is an excellent idea and execution, well done!