If you have logged into Facebook recently you may have noticed a message at the top of your screen that says notes will no longer be automatically created from outside sources such as blogs.
You should only see this message if you had your notes setup to create a new note file from a new blog post. This has been the ideal way to create Facebook notes from an outside resource.
Over the past few years this message has been my instruction to college groups on the best route to update your Facebook notes without suffering the Social Media catastrophe. What happens to all of your work that you created exclusively on a social site when a new one comes along? It dies with the old site. Remember what happened to MySpace? (sorry, I didn't mean to bring up bad memories)
If you create your important thoughts on a blog or website then you don't have to worry about the new fad that comes along. Just link the old info to the new site. The Facebook notes import function used to be a decent way to do that. So, what do we do now?
There are third party Facebook apps that accomplish the same thing. Just spend some time to research and test. The easiest way is just share a link to your new post on your favorite social media sites. This drives people to your site or blog and offers plenty of opportunity for others to see your previous work.
Blessings,
Doug Johnson
www.dougjohnson.net
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