Hi Marc, this is one of my biggest pet peeves! I can’t stand seeing tweets with the FB link, if I wanted to be on Facebook I’d be there, right? I have a few from my Facebook page do that and I have to check my settings again as I don’t like it. Great post!
It’s a pet peeve of mine too Lisa. People think they’re saving more time by sending the same posts to two social networks. I understand the logic of saving the time, but there are right ways and wrong ways to save time.
Hi Marc I love all your tips and tricks. Keep them coming. Do you still consider linking Facebook to Twitter a bad idea, as I noticed this blog was written in 2014.
Great question! I still consider it a bad idea because some people will be following you on both Twitter and Facebook. They want different posts that provide different value on each of those social networks. Moreover, each social network has its ideal posting frequency. While on Facebook most people advise four posts per day (I advise it too), on Twitter you can tweet once every 15 minutes and get away with it. I send over 100 tweets on Twitter every day but could never do 100 Facebook posts per day without annoying a lot of people.
Great article. I learned this the hard way a couple years ago. Now I only use Facebook for my longer thoughts–either in Notes (I then Tweet the link to the Notes article), or in my regular timeline if I’m responding to another article through my Disqus account. Keep the tips coming, they’re invaluable.
Thank you Jett. I am happy to hear that you like the tips. I think Twitter and Facebook should simply negate this option because many people don’t know the implications. If I send a tweet to @Username and we get into a conversation, Twitter users can follow that conversation, but on Facebook, it’s meaningless since people can’t follow the conversation.
I found this article to be very interesting since I do have my twitter account connected to Facebook and I am trying to decide whether to keep it connected or not. I actually hardly ever use Facebook at all. I mostly tweet about programming and I do have a few Facebook friends that are programmers and they occasionally will comment on my tweets in Facebook and it is for that reason I haven’t disconnected the two networks. It isn’t doing much for me since Facebook doesn’t bring any traffic to my blog so I might just disconnect it and stop bothering everyone with all my tweets. I wish there was a way to find better use of Facebook but I just can’t since I feel like a Facebook friend should be someone I actually know in person whereas it is easy to expand the number of Twitter followers by following people I don’t know but have common interests.
You can still share your content to your Facebook friends without having the two social networks connected. HootSuite allows you to schedule Facebook posts similarly to how they allow users to schedule their tweets. That way, you have more control over what goes on your Facebook account. You would have the option of only posting the content to your Facebook account that you know your friends will like and comment on.
Hi Marc, this is one of my biggest pet peeves! I can’t stand seeing tweets with the FB link, if I wanted to be on Facebook I’d be there, right? I have a few from my Facebook page do that and I have to check my settings again as I don’t like it. Great post!
It’s a pet peeve of mine too Lisa. People think they’re saving more time by sending the same posts to two social networks. I understand the logic of saving the time, but there are right ways and wrong ways to save time.
Hi Marc I love all your tips and tricks. Keep them coming. Do you still consider linking Facebook to Twitter a bad idea, as I noticed this blog was written in 2014.
Great question! I still consider it a bad idea because some people will be following you on both Twitter and Facebook. They want different posts that provide different value on each of those social networks. Moreover, each social network has its ideal posting frequency. While on Facebook most people advise four posts per day (I advise it too), on Twitter you can tweet once every 15 minutes and get away with it. I send over 100 tweets on Twitter every day but could never do 100 Facebook posts per day without annoying a lot of people.
Great article. I learned this the hard way a couple years ago. Now I only use Facebook for my longer thoughts–either in Notes (I then Tweet the link to the Notes article), or in my regular timeline if I’m responding to another article through my Disqus account. Keep the tips coming, they’re invaluable.
Thank you Jett. I am happy to hear that you like the tips. I think Twitter and Facebook should simply negate this option because many people don’t know the implications. If I send a tweet to @Username and we get into a conversation, Twitter users can follow that conversation, but on Facebook, it’s meaningless since people can’t follow the conversation.
I found this article to be very interesting since I do have my twitter account connected to Facebook and I am trying to decide whether to keep it connected or not. I actually hardly ever use Facebook at all. I mostly tweet about programming and I do have a few Facebook friends that are programmers and they occasionally will comment on my tweets in Facebook and it is for that reason I haven’t disconnected the two networks. It isn’t doing much for me since Facebook doesn’t bring any traffic to my blog so I might just disconnect it and stop bothering everyone with all my tweets. I wish there was a way to find better use of Facebook but I just can’t since I feel like a Facebook friend should be someone I actually know in person whereas it is easy to expand the number of Twitter followers by following people I don’t know but have common interests.
You can still share your content to your Facebook friends without having the two social networks connected. HootSuite allows you to schedule Facebook posts similarly to how they allow users to schedule their tweets. That way, you have more control over what goes on your Facebook account. You would have the option of only posting the content to your Facebook account that you know your friends will like and comment on.