Did you know that it is possible to have Twitter automatically update your Facebook page? It’s actually very simple. In fact, I haven’t manually updated my Facebook status in months.
To get this process working, follow these six simple steps. It shouldn’t take you more than five minutes, max. These instructions assume that you already have both a Facebook account and a Twitter account.
- Make sure you are logged into Facebook. Now go to the Facebook’s Twitter application page. Now click on the Go to Application button. It looks like this:
- The application will now ask you to confirm that Twitter can access your Facebook information. Click on the Allow button.
- Now log into your Twitter account by entering your Twitter username and password. The screen looks similar to this:
Click on the Login button.
- You can now actually use Twitter from within Facebook. The screen looks like this:
Personally, I never use this. I want the reverse of this. I want to update my Facebook status from Twitter. Therefore, click on the Allow Twitter to Update Your Facebook Status button in the upper-right of the screen.
- You should get a confirmation screen that looks similar to this:
Now confirm that you are willing to let Twitter update your Facebook status by clicking the Allow Status Updates button.
- After you click this button, you will go to the Twitter application. Don’t Twitter anything from here. Instead, go to your Facebook Home page, by clicking the Home link on the Facebook menu.
Now you can test the connection by going to your favorite Twitter application or the Twitter web page and entering a tweet. Wait a minute or two and go back to your Facebook home page and refreshing it. Your most recent tweet should be displayed as your Facebook status. This is how my status looked:
That’s all there is to it. Now every time you Twitter something, your Facebook status will be automatically updated.
Update: If you don’t want to send every one of your tweets to Facebook, then check out Selective Twitter Status. It allows you to designate the tweets you want to appear on Facebook by end a tweet with the #fb “hashtag” in your post. Only those tweets with the hash tag at the end will be posted on Facebook.
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great post! thanks. updating facebook from twitter will certainly save time and hassle. :-)
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what do you do when the application keeps tell you there is some kind of log in problem but you know all of your information is right!?!?
I have the same problem ali does. In fact, I tried logging in at Twitter, then logging in with the same information at the FB application. It’s lying.
guys, I have the same problem. can’t log in i fb and logs in in twitter. But ‘ve seen ppl doing this sill. Maybe its becoz they’re already logged or there is any other way. :((
Hi there~ I am a bit new to this. When I try to use the application, I type in my Twitter Username and Password, but I get the 'oops wrong username or password' message. I've checked and double checked and signed in and out of twitter to make sure the info is right but I can't get past that error message screen. Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong? Thanks for any info. :-)
I'm sorry, but I can't help you. I am no longer using this application. I use HootSuite to selectively post to the different social media networks.
Hi Michael,
We have a superior service, sociaholic (http://sociaholic.com) that lets you update in a cool new way.
It conveniently converts '@handle' and links and presents them in with a preview on your wall just like you post on facebook.
Please check it out and let me you know your thoughts.
There is no "Allow Twitter to Update Your Facebook Status" button in the upper-right of my screen, as you show in step 4. Probably because I allowed that a long time ago. But for the past two weeks no Twitter posts show on my FB status.
Why me?
Unfortunately, I wrote this original post over a year ago. Everything keeps changing.
I am currently using HootSuite which allows me to post directly to Facebook—or not—on a post-by-post basis.
THANK YOU. SOOOoooo helpful. Been wanting to do that for a long time.
I don't want all of my Tweets going to FB, so I use Selective Tweets. Selective Tweets Status lets you update your Facebook status from Twitter – BUT you can choose which tweets you want – just end a tweet with #fb when you want to post it as your Facebook status.
Check it out here: http://apps.facebook.com/selectivetwitter