BuddyPress: Beyond Facebook Clones

or, BP Rulz, FB Droolz

Boone B Gorges · boone.gorg.es · @boone

WordCamp Vancouver · 13 Oct 2012

Hello

About Boone

• Freelance web developer and consultant
• Brooklyn, NY (Home of the Greatest Rappers)
• Core BuddyPress team
• CUNY Academic Commons, Commons In A Box, Anthologize, etc
• Popcorn is delicious

What is BuddyPress?

About BuddyPress

• Profiles
• Groups
• Forums
• Activity Streams
• Plugins
• Pizza

About BuddyPress

The Usual Suspects

Typical BuddyPress Use Cases

CUNY Academic Commons · commons.gc.cuny.edu

Typical BuddyPress Use Cases

CUNY Academic Commons · commons.gc.cuny.edu

Typical BuddyPress Use Cases

CUNY Academic Commons · commons.gc.cuny.edu

But wait, there's more

Professional directories

Trainerspace · trainerspace.com

Professional directories

Trainerspace · trainerspace.com

Student engagement

Coming Of Age Now · comingofagenow.org

Student engagement

Coming Of Age Now · comingofagenow.org

Corporate education

Vested Way· vestedway.com

Corporate education

Vested Way· vestedway.com

Focusing an existing readership

Social Media Examiner · socialmediaexaminer.com

Focusing an existing readership

Social Media Examiner · socialmediaexaminer.com

Social as a Motivator

Rockhaq · rockhaq.com

Social as a Motivator

Rockhaq · rockhaq.com

What's next?

Thinking out of the box

Mobile: BuddyPress as the web framework powering social mobile apps. (See, eg, BP Checkins)
Data mining: Use BP's Activity Streams to keep track of what's happening on your site, and mine that data for site metrics and more
Games: Social gaming using BuddyPress profiles and groups. (See, eg, BuddyPig)
Enterprise: Use BP directories as corporate directories, BP groups as workspaces for project teams, activity streams as an internal Twitter-type network
Lifestreams: Use BP Activity to collect all your activity from all over the web, using RSS

Thanks!

Questions?

Boone B Gorges · boone.gorg.es · @boone