Earlier this year Mark wrote a how-to post on syncing Twitter with your Facebook status, but as of late I’ve found the app (officially built by Twitter) to be troublesome, either in setting it up initially or feeling like too much information was headed across the wire. To remedy the situation, I quickly uninstalled the app and have since resorted to using Selective Twitter, another Facebook app that let’s you choose selectively which Twitter updates will be sent across to Facebook.
Like Ping.fm, but Specific for Twitter to Facebook
The service is almost a bit like Ping.fm, as you’re updating a status in one place and having it auto-post to another. The trick to using Selective Twitter is that first you must sign up to use the app. Sign in over on Facebook and then punch in your Twitter username on the Selective Twitter app page.
Once you’ve plugged in your Twitter username, just tag any tweets you want to end up on Facebook with the #fb hashtag. These updates will be seamlessly pulled into your Facebook status and can be catered (written) more specifically to apply to both audiences (Twitter and Facebook). Or, if you’re sharing a photo or link and want more exposure than just posting to Twitter, hashtag it and send the info to both places.
Give Yourself More Control Over Updates
I don’t use Facebook often, but I have gotten a few comments before based on my Facebook status, so using this app allows me to more easily share that information with the Facebook friends who want it, instead of them seeing a constant stream of all of the interesting articles I come across or resources I share with the audience I have built up on Twitter.
While this is a wonderful app (built by @andyy), it still doesn’t solve my (and others’) ultimate problem: I want to enable my Facebook status to update my Twitter account.
Hi,
thx to Mr. Templeton for the great idea to write about this better facebook-app .
I installed it in my facebook-account (language: german). It works.
For german "facebookers": on my weblog i wrote few lines, what could be interesting, if you would install "selective twitter status"...
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