Facebook Goes Real Time on Any Site with Live Stream Box
Today, Facebook is launching a new feature for webmasters to post a stream of relevant Facebook updates in real time.
The new feature, called a Live Stream Box, can run on sites "next to live streaming videos of concerts, speeches, sporting events, webcasts, TV shows, presentations, or webinars," according to an announcement we received via email. "Sites can also run the Live Stream Box in multi-player games or with any other experience where many people are visiting a website at the same time."
According to a new post on the Facebook developer blog, the team at Facebook began testing this feature during the 2009 presidential inauguration, when they ran real-time status updates and comments alongside streaming video on CNN's website. They then implemented the feature for other events that generally cause a real-time traffic spike in microblogging and live video content, such as the NBA All-Star Game and the Academy Awards.
This feature can now be added to any website where real-time UGC and user interaction are desired. According to the blog, "Users log in using Facebook Connect and share updates that appear both within the Live Stream Box and on their Facebook profiles and in their friends' home page streams. Each post includes a link back to the Live Stream Box on your site so users can discover the live event and immediately join based on their friends' recommendations."
The feature, Facebook says, is built to scale; they anticipate certain sites or events having so many real-time updates that not all users will be able to view or absorb all the content in the stream.
Developers and site owners can visit Facebook's Live Stream Box page to learn more. For websites that don't require real-time user interaction, Facebook still recommends their Comments Box, released earlier this year. The Comments Box also allows users to connect through Facebook Connect, but content generated is archived, asynchronous, and searchable.
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This is becoming more & more like tv on the web. More interaction is good for participation. This is very exciting. Now to go out & do it ! Yohoo.
Now facebook can complete with twitter :). Real time is the way to go.
Great functionality indeed. The value is undeniable, and now with Gigya Socialize, sites can get FB Connect, as well as Sign in with Twitter and MySpaceID, giving users choice and making implementation and management simpler. With Socialize, sites and write to a single API, which is aggregating all available social APIs. Turner implemented the service for the NBA Eastern Conference and now for NASCAR. See videos of the tool in action at http://www.vimeo.com/5048511 and learn more at http://www.gigya.com/public/Content/GS/Home.aspx
Finally, the battle of real time started, hope Facebook can make a change
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This is pretty cool. A great idea. I am going to check out Gigya too,
Killer idea, now it's time for them to develop some better widgets.
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I think this is brilliant. Watched President Obarma give a live conference a few days back. It's really quite exciting.
Quiet a big change :)
It seems facebook will soon conver into a nimble giant with hoards of new feature that will increase participation and bring more interactivity in the user community....
Real time will be much preferable.
Wow, that's another interesting addition to Facebook's features.. can't wait to see it.
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Great!- have been waiting on FB to offer this sort of real time functionality!!!
This is a cool new feature from Facebook. Many people would definitely love this one.
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This has been done before. The fact that Facebook is only now getting into this game shows how slow to react the market really is. I would say the technology is about 3 years ahead of the user base at this stage. The gap is closing though. my 2c.
Pretty cool, imagine how much bandwidth they use to server millions of people.
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