Linking Status: Twitter, Facebook and WordPress

02.25.08 | 4 Comments | by: Dave Jeyes

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I’ve found a simple way to manage my status across twitter, facebook and wordpress. The cornerstone is really twitter syndication. I use twitter to update my facebook status using their facebook application. Then I used Twitter Tools, a WordPress Plugin written by Alex King, to link my status and blog together.

Twitter Tools plugin updates my blog with a new post every time I update my status and includes it in the rss feed. Plus it updates my status with a link to my blog posts whenever I publish a new article. That was it’s automatically sharing my new stories with all of my Facebook friends!

If only Myspace would get on the ball!

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4 Comments

  • On 08.19.08 Alexander Montuschi said:

    You should try ping.fm, it sync the status of the most popular social networks. Give it a go, it’s really cool.

  • On 11.06.08 Dave Jeyes said:

    Ludwig,

    I guess that’s kind of the point is that there’s really no fantastic alternative. The web is fragmented across a multitude of services at the moment and neither Ping.fm nor social aggregators are an ideal solution.

    I’ve stopped publishing my tweet digests in favor of a sidebar widget. It’s rare that I’ll publicize an article in my status message unless it is something I’m really proud of.

    I do link my Twitter and Facebook status still, which may frustrate some Flock users, but that’s about it.

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  • On 02.12.09 Tristan said:

    wow. that’s informative. thanks!

    But after trying it out i found it irritating that all and sundry i tweeted ended up on facebook.

    however, if you need another way that allows you to choose which tweets end up on your facebook check out this app:

    http://apps.facebook.com/selectivetwitter/

    If need be, i’ve found a tutorial here:

    http://cogito.faii.net/linking-facebook-to-twitter-tutorial/

    cheers :)