Roov Facebook Connect Launched

I just wanted to give a shout out to my friend Chris and the good folks at Roov for launching their Facebook connect this past weekend.  It just seems like yesterday that I talked to Chris and this project was just in it’s very infant stages but the Roov team has really hit the ground running and already put together an impressive social network user base.

Here is the notification that went out this morning about their launch of the connect as well as a link to their blog where everything was launched during Catalyst:

We told you it was coming and now it’s here! ROOV.com has officially launched its integration with Facebook.com. Here’s what that means…

• You don’t need another login for ROOV…just use your Facebook login.
• You don’t need to upload a picture…we’ll bring your Facebook photo over for you.
• No need to find your friends… again…we’ll bring those over from Facebook as well!
• Notifications…yep, these will show up on Facebook too.

Like we said before…this is not an application. It’s actually something completely new. Basically, ROOV is now easier to use, and since most folks already use Facebook…we thought, “Hmmm…why not integrate?” Now you can continue to use Facebook like always, but at the same time stay up on your latest ROOV activity.

Not currently using Facebook? That’s okay… just go to Facebook.com, sign up for an account and then head back to ROOV to get going. And there’s more?!?! Yep.

Conversations

Just released the 1st of several improvements to come this month. It’s now easier to post quick updates about what you’re doing inside of ROOVs. (Don’t forget this will flow back to Facebook… so you don’t have to post in multiple places!)

Gatherings

Build community online and move it offline…that’s the purpose! The new release has really improved Gatherings. You can now suggest an idea for a Gathering and once enough people show interest, everyone can collectively plan it. Now you can create Gatherings that you know people want to attend.

Causes

Next time you go to ROOV you won’t see Causes, but don’t worry…that’s on purpose! Causes have been merged into ROOVs…and any Cause that you were a part of, you’ll now be a part of the new ROOV for it.

So… Go to ROOV.com right now and link up your account with your Facebook to get involved in the new and improved ROOV! Pushing out big changes like this can be a little tricky, and we may have a few hiccups