Updating Facebook status via Twitter

Updating Facebook status via Twitter

-- Review on "Twitter" and "Selective Tweets" applications on Facebook

Update all tweets to facebook using Twitter Apps
Ensure your twitter account is not protected. check your setting on (http://twitter.com/account/settings)

On Facebook, search for "Twitter" application (http://apps.facebook.com/twitter)

Go to application

Click "allow"

Enter your twitter username and password and click "login"

Click "allow twitter to update your facebook status"

Click "allow status update"

Test updating your status from your twitter account homepage

Now, you have the option to protect your twitter account.
go to your setting page and protect your twitter account.

Test updating your status from your twitter account homepage


Update selective tweets to facebook using Selective Tweets Apps
Selective means you don't want to send all your tweets to Facebook. So ensure you are not using any Twitter-to-Facebook apps such as Twitter Application (http://apps.facebook.com/twitter/)
You could simply remove any Twitter-to-facebook apps from your Application List.

A bit different from Twitter Application, Selective Tweets would not work when your twitter account is protected. So ensure it is unprotected.
un-check the "Protect my tweets" checkbox and click save.

On facebook, search for "Selective Tweets"  application
Go to application
On "Your profile" tab, enter your twitter username and click "Save"

On "settings" tab, choose your preference and click "Save".

Test updating your status from your twitter account homepage

Then Test updating your status again from your twitter account homepage but this time put the hashtag #fb at the end. This one should update your facebook status.

At the end, it is your freedom to choose, to send all your tweets to facebook, send selective tweets, or keep your tweets on twitter !!!


Happy trying .....