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.