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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.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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KeegdnaB said 11:23PM on 8-20-2009
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?
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John Burke said 11:24PM on 8-20-2009
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 Raccoon said 7:47PM on 8-21-2009
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...
robbfest said 7:24AM on 8-21-2009
Did anyone notice how the "t" from twiter it's like the upside down "f" from facebook?
weird...
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TY said 11:09AM on 8-21-2009
just ping.fm to post to both accounts when needed. No need to post twice!
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