Rypple Meets Facebook, Part 2

A little while ago, Jay introduced you to the Rypple NOW! Facebook Pages.   Now the Rypple Team is excited to announce that we’ve just added Facebook Connect to Rypple.

Facebook Connect will allow you to login to Rypple using your Facebook password, and to bring your social context to Rypple.

Now, you’ll have one less credential to remember. Don’t you wish that it was this easy for all the sites you visit?

So how does this work?  And, what about privacy?

It’s simple:  when you click the Facebook Connect button, Facebook asks you to grant Rypple permission to link your Facebook account to Rypple. If the email address you use in Rypple is one of the email addresses you’ve specified in Facebook, your existing Rypple account will be linked. Otherwise, a new Rypple account will be created that’s linked to your Facebook account.

Now about privacy: Both Facebook and Rypple are very serious about your privacy. For example, Facebook doesn’t provide Rypple with your actual email address.  Instead Facebook provides Rypple with an obfuscated email address to identify who you are. Facebook also ensures that your information is always up to date and protected by your privacy settings. You can change what applications you use on Facebook here. Additionally, if you haven’t already, you can check out Rypple’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Another important point:  your questions and answers will never be shared on Facebook (e.g. show up on your friends feeds) unless you explicitly provide permission for this to happen.

A single, trusted sign-on is great, but why else would you want to use Facebook Connect?

Facebook Connect is about “giving users the ability to take their identity and friends with them around the Web, while being able to trust that their information is always up to date and always protected by their privacy settings.” It allows you to “connect” your Facebook friends and feeds to Rypple, providing a personalized social context to your Rypple experience.

For example, when asking a question, you will be able to select which of your Facebook friends to ask – without having to import or setup contacts all over again in Rypple. You will be able to share insightful feedback with all your friends on Facebook, even those who aren’t on Rypple, but would love to be updated all the same. Best of all, when you ask a question, your friends know that it’s actually you who asked the question, so they’re more likely to respond!

Stayed tuned for more Facebook Connect features in the next couple of weeks. Welcome to the world of complete and total integration!