I have been kicking around a few multiplayer turn based games for awhile in my head, and am wondering if the facebook flash integration would help with that or if it is just a way to draw people in, and I would still need to run the data transfer with a socket server or something like that.

I don't have a server I can use as a socket server (just a shared server with pretty standard hosting).

I have dabbled in using php and mysql to store and send data to flash and do simple things like talk to my wife in a simple lobby setup.

Would the facebook flash integration help with sending data from one person to another or would it just be adding another layer of complication on top?