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Twitter’s deletion of its FB app caused old cross-posts to temporarily disappear

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Re: Twitter’s deletion of its FB app caused old cross-posts to temporarily disappear

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Post by diminoten »

jefftk wrote: post #82
joe_the_user wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd assume posts made with the API would exist still on Twitter.

The fb discussion threads those posts initiated are gone, though. If this happened to me I'd be extremely upset: I've had many very good discussions on Facebook that it would hurt to lose.

> I've had many very good discussions on Facebook that it would hurt to lose.

I genuinely don't mean to be snarky, but that's a surprise. I have literally zero Facebook discussions I even remember, let alone "would hurt to lose".

Re: Twitter’s deletion of its FB app caused old cross-posts to temporarily disappear

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Post by curiousgal »

msravi wrote: post #184
PaulMest wrote: post #168

Facebook did not purposely remove the cross-posted tweets. Twitter removed their app from the Facebook platform which had this as an unfortunate result. Source: https://www.axios.com/how-cross-posted-tweets-disappeared-fr...

> Twitter removed their app from the Facebook platform which had this as an unfortunate result. > TechCrunch also heard from a source with understanding of the situation that the deletion of the app took Facebook by surprise, as well as the fact that Twitter didn’t immediately tell them to restore the content These statements seem to indicate that Twitter was to blame for removing their app. However, from the axios l…

I've always asked this question, who exactly are "They"?

Re: Twitter’s deletion of its FB app caused old cross-posts to temporarily disappear

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Post by Angostura »

MBCook wrote: post #10
Alex3917 wrote: post #3

This is pretty crazy. For people whose job is social media, this is basically the equivalent of Github just arbitrarily deciding they're going to delete all of your startup's source code without telling anyone in advance, or like Google Docs just deciding to disappear all your spreadsheets. With only a couple months until election season, Facebook is now literally editing politician's pages and deleting the campaign…

No, it’s the equivalent of GitHub deciding to remove all the code that you automatically re-post from SourceForge. In what way, AT ALL, was this this feature good for FACEBOOK? It meant people could be “on” Facebook and “active” without ever actually logging in or using the app or engaging in any way. Why would they want to just be a dumping ground for copies of another social network’s posts? I guess I’m surprised t…

So, I work with a school that has several Twitter accounts that cross-post to a Facebook page. Many of the parents interact with the content on Facebook, rather that Twitter. This is a plus for Facebook.

Re: Twitter’s deletion of its FB app caused old cross-posts to temporarily disappear

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Post by sakisv »

MBCook wrote: post #29
skj wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together."

Yes. On Facebook. They want people to login and use Facebook. Auto posting tweets so that people can use Twitter and still appear to be on Facebook doesn’t help that mission.

It does help them build a better profile for that specific user though.

Facebook was not losing by this. If someone had connected their Twitter account, it meant they cared enough so they would be visiting Facebook, even if it was sporadically to check how their posts were doing and to see the necessary ads.

Re: Twitter’s deletion of its FB app caused old cross-posts to temporarily disappear

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Post by Milner08 »

curiousgal wrote: post #192
msravi wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Twitter removed their app from the Facebook platform which had this as an unfortunate result. > TechCrunch also heard from a source with understanding of the situation that the deletion of the app took Facebook by surprise, as well as the fact that Twitter didn’t immediately tell them to restore the content These statements seem to indicate that Twitter was to blame for removing their app. However, from the axios l…

I've always asked this question, who exactly are "They"?

They will almost certainly have assigned reps in the other company they can reach out to for things like this. They may be competitors but they're still active on the other platforms.

Re: Twitter’s deletion of its FB app caused old cross-posts to temporarily disappear

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Post by jstandard »

curiousgal wrote: post #192
msravi wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Twitter removed their app from the Facebook platform which had this as an unfortunate result. > TechCrunch also heard from a source with understanding of the situation that the deletion of the app took Facebook by surprise, as well as the fact that Twitter didn’t immediately tell them to restore the content These statements seem to indicate that Twitter was to blame for removing their app. However, from the axios l…

I've always asked this question, who exactly are "They"?

The person at Twitter about to press the delete button and a member of Facebook's developer relations team.

Re: Twitter’s deletion of its FB app caused old cross-posts to temporarily disappear

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Post by xg15 »

MBCook wrote: post #10
Alex3917 wrote: post #3

This is pretty crazy. For people whose job is social media, this is basically the equivalent of Github just arbitrarily deciding they're going to delete all of your startup's source code without telling anyone in advance, or like Google Docs just deciding to disappear all your spreadsheets. With only a couple months until election season, Facebook is now literally editing politician's pages and deleting the campaign…

No, it’s the equivalent of GitHub deciding to remove all the code that you automatically re-post from SourceForge. In what way, AT ALL, was this this feature good for FACEBOOK? It meant people could be “on” Facebook and “active” without ever actually logging in or using the app or engaging in any way. Why would they want to just be a dumping ground for copies of another social network’s posts? I guess I’m surprised t…

> In what way, AT ALL, was this this feature good for FACEBOOK?

This sums up the rationale of the platform economy rather nicely.

> It meant people could be “on” Facebook and “active” without ever actually logging in or using the app or engaging in any way.

Why would they want to just be a dumping ground for copies of another social network’s posts?

I could naively answer "because you actually want to provide a useful service for your users and not just make them hooked to your platform" - but yes, in the real world, your question is justified.

Re: Twitter’s deletion of its FB app caused old cross-posts to temporarily disappear

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Post by B-Con »

msravi wrote: post #184
PaulMest wrote: post #168

Facebook did not purposely remove the cross-posted tweets. Twitter removed their app from the Facebook platform which had this as an unfortunate result. Source: https://www.axios.com/how-cross-posted-tweets-disappeared-fr...

> Twitter removed their app from the Facebook platform which had this as an unfortunate result. > TechCrunch also heard from a source with understanding of the situation that the deletion of the app took Facebook by surprise, as well as the fact that Twitter didn’t immediately tell them to restore the content These statements seem to indicate that Twitter was to blame for removing their app. However, from the axios l…

> They probably just ought to have spoken to each other.

Twitter probably should have just done the dive to verify what deleting an app does. I would guess this is mentioned somewhere in the docs.

Re: Twitter’s deletion of its FB app caused old cross-posts to temporarily disappear

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Post by have_faith »

I honestly didn't think anyone cared about historical posts on any of the platforms, I'd be happy if they just auto-deleted after 30 days.

Also, cross-posts from 3rd parties make up the majority of crap on my timeline. Happy to se it go and happy to see people being exposed to the fragility of relying on these free services as a backup service for anything they consider important. I hope it prompts people to consider their relationship with these types of platforms and what is being exchanged between you and them exactly.

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