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Facebook officially supports Twitter publishing from pages
A recent post on the Facebook blog revealed a new (and potentially exciting) feature for Facebook pages. Built by a summer intern, the functionality was done after "many people asked [them] to make Facebook and Twitter work better together." Over the next few days, the feature will be rolled out to the admins of Facebook pages, allowing them to choose what content they wish to publish directly to Twitter.
The new feature requires users to opt-in at a new page on Facebook's website. While not everyone uses Facebook pages, this does leave the door open for further official support between Facebook and Twitter and could mean support for individual profiles too. There are a number of 3rd party alternatives available, but this marks the first step from Facebook itself to work with the folks at Twitter.
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Subscribe to commentsKeegdnaBAug 20th 2009 11:23PM
How about....no
The one thing that irritates me more than anything is seeing my facebook feed flooded with twitspeak (RT: @someguyIdon'tcare about BLAH BLAH BLAH)
If I have something that I want to tell both my facebook friends and twitter followers, I will post it twice and adjust the context for one or the other. IS IT THAT DIFFICULT?
John BurkeAug 20th 2009 11:24PM
I totally agree. I had my Twitter statuses show up on Facebook for about...one day before I realized it was such a bad idea. I don't think there's ever a time when what I'm doing (or what my page is about) is so important I need to tell both groups.
Rocket RaccoonAug 21st 2009 7:47PM
It sends it from your facebook page to your twitter. So you won't be seeing twitter talk on Facebook. Most likely you will see legible writing in twitter...
robbfestAug 21st 2009 7:24AM
Did anyone notice how the "t" from twiter it's like the upside down "f" from facebook?
weird...
TYAug 21st 2009 11:09AM
just ping.fm to post to both accounts when needed. No need to post twice!