Last week , I shortly note that I could no longer get my Twitter provender to stake to my Facebook paries . Many others reported the same symptom . What happen next was sufficiently tortuous and frustrating that I decided the story was worth a “ full ” column .
I was usingTwitter ’s prescribed Facebook app . Its webpage claimed that my two accounts were still connected . The pick to “ allow Twitter to post updates to Facebook Profile ” was enable . But nothing was happening . I unplug and reconnected the two account . No change . I look for online for advice . Nada .
A few days after , I rechecked Twitter ’s support site . This time I noticed what appeared to be a newentry . It enshroud my precise symptom : “ My Tweets suddenly stop show on Facebook ! They ’re not on my Wall ! ” Bingo !
I dutifully followed all eight steps listed on the Twitter page . Doing so require sail to some fairly hidden configurations option for both Twitter and Facebook . It did n’t help oneself that Step 3 ’s direction — to “ visit your Applications configurations ” in Facebook — offered no advice on how to get there . It turn out to be well more tangled than I expect . From the Account menu on the Facebook site , prize Privacy preferences . From the pageboy that seem , locate the Apps and Websites detail on the lower unexpended side and select “ blue-pencil your stage setting . ” Next , tick the Edit options button for “ Apps you use . ” From here , prime Edit options for the Twitter app . At last , you may click “ Remove app ” ( which is whole step 4 ) . Whew ! This is not what I would call an efficiently - plan drug user interface .
Making matter worse , as I work through the eight - step course of study , Twitter occasionally baulk , dumping me to the “ fail whale ” screen . When I repeated the failed military action , it finally worked . But this was not exhort any confidence . pass over over several further hassle , here ’s the punchline : It work ! When I was done , Twitter was again posting to my Facebook rampart .
Until the next Clarence Day . When the Twitter - to - Facebook connection stopped work . Again .
I examine to contact Twitter support straight , to inform them of this new bankruptcy and perhaps get further advice . Unfortunately , figuring out how to send an email to Twitter keep ( assuming it ’s even possible ) testify to be a undertaking beyond my now circumscribed patience . I gave up .
My next saddlery was to switch to a dissimilar Twitter - to - Facebook app . After assessing anassortment of third - political party curriculum , I locate onSupaSync . No luck . Whatever was causing the body of work stoppage , it was not limited to a specific Facebook app . Rather , it seemed to be a general nonstarter of Twitter and/or Facebook .
At this point , I abandon the lookup for a root , deciding I would rather go without seeing my Twitter provender on Facebook than waste any more time on the affair .
That would have been the ending of the floor . Except … the next day … without me doing anything at all … my Twitter posts began to appear on my Facebook wall . It ’s all been working utterly ever since . Go figure .
That ’s the end of the story . For now . Given that I have no idea why the Twitter card stopped or why they start again , I ’m not at all win over that we ’ve construe the last of this hemipterous insect .
[ A gravid “ give thanks you ” to Lex Friedman , Chuck Joiner , Neal Pann , and Tom Schmidt . We were all dupe of this bug and worked together to endeavor to work out it . ]
