So basically this removes my ability to set up crossposting through a nicely maintainable API, without making it much more difficult for any bot organization with an IT staff on call to switch to something like Selenium for their propaganda posting?
Facebook has ended the ability to automatically post Tweets to profiles or pages
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Re: Facebook has ended the ability to automatically post Tweets to profiles or pages
#62I'm surprised at the almost universal outrage over this. I assumed this was in response to the whole election interference campaign and related issues, i.e. preventing bots from blasting out content and predetermined times or in response to specific keywords in the news, things like that. So this seems like a step in the direction of ensuring actual humans are doing these things (or at least make it slightly more dif…
I used to use this feature. It meant that I didn't have to log in to Facebook to re-post the thing I already posted on Twitter. If I still used this feature, I'd be upset that Facebook just took a step to make my life a little bit harder. In general, I care more about my own convenience than some incremental step against bots that probably won't noticeably impact my experience on the site.
I agree - I see a lot of small business, even individuals from music/art circles what don't want to spend an inordinate amount of time keeping "followers" up to date...
If they can create and share once but have the computers syndicate that to the places that matter, they've found a happy balance.
The issue with the current model is that it's easily abused by bad actors (pun intended) to cram content down people's eye sockets.
Re: Facebook has ended the ability to automatically post Tweets to profiles or pages
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
This includes most blog integrations, eg. being able to configure Wordpress to post a plug on your personal FB when you write something in your blog.
Good! This means more open distribution methods (email) will be given priority again. I don't want Facebook, nor Twitter. Just take my email address and send me your content, or offer an RSS feed. EDIT: Anyone know if this kills Buffer and other social feed managers?
Yes, this kills buffer's ability to post to profiles, however pages and groups are still allowed.
https://faq.buffer.com/article/985-publish-facebook-api-chan...
Re: Facebook has ended the ability to automatically post Tweets to profiles or pages
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Good! This means more open distribution methods (email) will be given priority again. I don't want Facebook, nor Twitter. Just take my email address and send me your content, or offer an RSS feed. EDIT: Anyone know if this kills Buffer and other social feed managers?
Good - if you don't like/use Facebook. For people who like/use it (and there are many), this is a very sad day.
For people who like/use it (and there are many), this is a very sad day.
Only temporarily. Once folks move off of Facebook and onto something better, they'll realize that this was a Good Thing overall.
Re: Facebook has ended the ability to automatically post Tweets to profiles or pages
#65Apparently, a (for better or worse) big part of the web just lost a significant interoperability feature. Shame. And a reminder of how life with SaaS platforms looks like. You have little ability to improve things for yourself.
And a reminder of how life with SaaS platforms looks like. You have little ability to improve things for yourself.
Exactly. Hopefully this will nudge more people to start running smaller, more regionalized (maybe down to the level of the individual) instances of Open Source platforms, based on Open Standards, to replace the kind of functionality people have been getting from the Facebooks and Twitters and Instagrams of the world. That would be a Good Thing.
Re: Facebook has ended the ability to automatically post Tweets to profiles or pages
#66Sounds like circling of the wagons to me, to reduce or prevent Facebook users from leaving the domain.
Re: Facebook has ended the ability to automatically post Tweets to profiles or pages
#67I'm surprised at the almost universal outrage over this. I assumed this was in response to the whole election interference campaign and related issues, i.e. preventing bots from blasting out content and predetermined times or in response to specific keywords in the news, things like that. So this seems like a step in the direction of ensuring actual humans are doing these things (or at least make it slightly more dif…
I feel like everyone uses different platforms to different ends, so I'm surprised at the number of people who feel the desire to crosspost.
To me, twitter is utterly cancerous and Facebook is where I see friends and family. To others, they use Twitter for communication with their business network, and Facebook for friends. And so on. The idea of blasting from one to the other, other than in the case of businesses (which I'm not much concerned about, they can suck it up) seems odd.
Obviously there's the occasional "tell twitter AND facebook that, after 10 years involved with this organization, I will be moving on.." but those rare cross posts can be done manually. It's the always-posting-multiple-places-as-part-of-a-personal-account that perplexes me.
Re: Facebook has ended the ability to automatically post Tweets to profiles or pages
#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
Good - if you don't like/use Facebook. For people who like/use it (and there are many), this is a very sad day.
Presumably people wanting to post links to their personal blog can still open up Facebook in a new tab and Ctrl-V the link in themselves, which will take them all of about 10 seconds. Seems a small price to pay if it cuts down the ridiculous amount of botspam on the platform.
This can - and is - used to argue against anything that enables users to do more. This thinking is part of the reason why computing for regular people has only fraction of the utility it could have.
Re: Facebook has ended the ability to automatically post Tweets to profiles or pages
#69I'm surprised at the almost universal outrage over this. I assumed this was in response to the whole election interference campaign and related issues, i.e. preventing bots from blasting out content and predetermined times or in response to specific keywords in the news, things like that. So this seems like a step in the direction of ensuring actual humans are doing these things (or at least make it slightly more dif…
I feel like everyone uses different platforms to different ends, so I'm surprised at the number of people who feel the desire to crosspost. To me, twitter is utterly cancerous and Facebook is where I see friends and family. To others, they use Twitter for communication with their business network, and Facebook for friends. And so on. The idea of blasting from one to the other, other than in the case of businesses (wh…
And yet for some reason, plenty of people do mix and match. I have a bunch of Facebook friends who used the Twitter -> FB transport; part of their network is on Twitter, the other part is on Facebook, and they want to use a single entry point that's more convenient for them when posting.
The outrage isn't just about Twitter though. It's also about that you now can't do IFTTT->Facebook, Buffer->Facebook, or whatever other app you were using (including your own)->Facebook.
(Speaking of Buffer, did this move just kill their business?)
Re: Facebook has ended the ability to automatically post Tweets to profiles or pages
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
I feel like everyone uses different platforms to different ends, so I'm surprised at the number of people who feel the desire to crosspost. To me, twitter is utterly cancerous and Facebook is where I see friends and family. To others, they use Twitter for communication with their business network, and Facebook for friends. And so on. The idea of blasting from one to the other, other than in the case of businesses (wh…
And yet for some reason, plenty of people do mix and match. I have a bunch of Facebook friends who used the Twitter -> FB transport; part of their network is on Twitter, the other part is on Facebook, and they want to use a single entry point that's more convenient for them when posting. The outrage isn't just about Twitter though. It's also about that you now can't do IFTTT->Facebook, Buffer->Facebook, or whatever o…
Buffer can still post to Facebook pages and groups. But it’s starting to feel more expensive for what it offers as the APIs and analytics available keep shrinking.