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Hacking Facebook: How To Update Your Facebook Status With Twitter And Still Keep Your Tweets Protected

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Image Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fpsurgeon/2453544236/

Like many of you, I use Twitter to update my Facebook status. I don’t protect my Twitter updates, but some people chose to. Those of you that prefer to control who views your tweets may have trouble getting the Facebook Twitter application to work the way that you want to. Here’s a little hack from a friend that’ll let you keep your privacy and link accounts.

1. Uninstall the Twitter facebook application.

2. Change your privacy settings in Twitter from protected to unprotected.

3. Add the Twitter app back into Facebook.

4. Change your privacy settings back to protected in Twitter, and you’re done.

This’ll allow you to update your status just fine in Facebook using Twitter while still shielding your Tweets from random unwanted Twittering eyes. Enjoy.

Tags: Facebook Hacks Twitter
  • January 7, 2009
  • Hacks, Social Media
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  • http://www.twitter.com/BeeEss BeeEss

    This works like a charm! Thanks for the suggestion :)

    • http://blog.steffanantonas.com Steffan

      :)

  • PepperWhiteR56

    Does this work with the Selective Twitter app too where you have to end tweets with #fb for them to become your facebook status?

    • steffanantonas

      Good question Pepper. I don’t know the answer to that. Try it out, you have nothing to lose.

  • Samiam

    Perfect! I found it stupid that I have to make my Twitter account open to the public just to share the updates with my Facebook friends. This solves my problem!

    • http://blog.steffanantonas.com Steffan

      Glad this helped, Samiam. A lot of people were having this issue. I agree – it’s silly to be open to the public on Twitter and protected inside facebook – they still havent figured out this glitch. Hopefully they will soon. Enjoy your privacy!

  • bassie

    I aint got facebook, but would u marry me?

  • golfrato

    Dont work with Selective Twitter app.

    • http://blog.steffanantonas.com Steffan Antonas

      Hmmm. Interesting. I wrote this post a long time ago, before the Selective
      Twitter app and I'm not familiar with how it works. If you figure it out,
      can you post the solution here in the comments? Thanks. Sorry this wasn't
      helpful for you.

  • golfrato

    Dont work with Selective Twitter app.

  • http://blog.steffanantonas.com Steffan Antonas

    Hmmm. Interesting. I wrote this post a long time ago, before the Selective
    Twitter app and I'm not familiar with how it works. If you figure it out,
    can you post the solution here in the comments? Thanks. Sorry this wasn't
    helpful for you.

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