AUTOMATIC FACEBOOK TO WEB SITE PROGRAM

[Radio Bob]

I may have ask this in the past if so please forgive me. I am looking for a program that would automatically place the posts I make on my Face Book page on my web site at the same instant. I'm not talking about having to screen shot every FB post then pasting to the web site I'm talking about it automatically happening when I post on Face Book. I had thought that posting the link to the particular Face Book page on the web page would make it appear when clicked on the web page but found that only works if the person on the web site page is already a Face Book member. Thanks in advance for any suggestions

 

[K.M. Richards]

I doubt that Facebook (it's one word, BTW) would allow such a thing, which means that they would have safeguards coded in that would prevent any software developer from being able to create such a program.

And this is nothing new: More than 20 years ago, a site that was very popular for its live chat despite a very clunky interface attracted not one, but two, developers from creating interfaces that were not reliant on one being logged into the main site. Within a couple of years, the site owner had changed the code so those programs no longer worked. (The site's traffic dropped considerably as a result and the site no longer exists, so the tactic backfired ... but I don't see Meta being in the same danger for putting in restrictions against third-party apps.)

 

[TheBigA]

Facebook offers an embed link where you can embed your Facebook page on your website.

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/embedded-posts/

Twitter used to offer the same thing, but it went away when Musk bought it.

 

[K.M. Richards]

Not being a Facebook "member" (I managed to completely delete my account some ten years ago), I am blissfully ignorant of that feature. But I note that it's something Meta makes available, and not a third-party app.

 

[TheBigA]

Not being a Facebook "member" (I managed to completely delete my account some ten years ago), I am blissfully ignorant of that feature. But I note that it's something Meta makes available, and not a third-party app.

I have a business site. It's been a while since I read the legal, but I remember that they claim no ownership to any of the content users post on their site. Of course, Section 230 also protects them from lawsuits regarding that content.

Section 230: An Overview

www.congress.gov

There may be a way in the sharing functions to have Facebook posts also appear on the users website. You can elect to have your Facebook posts also appear on your Instagram and WhatsApp pages.

 

[K.M. Richards]

I have a business site. It's been a while since I read the legal, but I remember that they claim no ownership to any of the content users post on their site. Of course, Section 230 also protects them from lawsuits regarding that content.

Section 230: An Overview

www.congress.gov

There may be a way in the sharing functions to have Facebook posts also appear on the users website. You can elect to have your Facebook posts also appear on your Instagram and WhatsApp pages.

I don't dispute that, but I did provide a real world example of how website owners protect outside (third party) apps from coming in and getting a user's posts -- even with their implied consent, by installing the app -- for posting elsewhere.

Since you have seen this "feature" and I have not, A, answer this and improve my knowledge base: Does the Facebook-based function make a point of putting their logo at the top of wherever the content is "repurposed"? And you believe, as I suspect, that the Facebook feature finds a way to track inadvertent viewing by whoever visits the non-Facebook site?

Color me suspicious, but Zuckerdoof gives me good reason to be.

 

[TheBigA]

Does the Facebook-based function make a point of putting their logo at the top of wherever the content is "repurposed"?

It's an embed, so yes the Facebook logo is on it. But once again, that content belongs to the user. Facebook doesn't want to own your photos of your grandma or your girlfriend. That's your stuff. As I said, it's for my business, so we want visitors to our site to be able to comment on our posts, "like" it, and interact. Facebook lets visitors do that. And yes they track it. If you use their embed, you agree to let them track it. Then again, if you have Google ads on your site, Google is allowed to track activity. If you use a Google or Microsoft browser, those companies are tracking your usage.

 

[K.M. Richards]

Thanks, A. Sounds like I'm still better off without all of it.

 

[lanceventa]

I may have ask this in the past if so please forgive me. I am looking for a program that would automatically place the posts I make on my Face Book page on my web site at the same instant. I'm not talking about having to screen shot every FB post then pasting to the web site I'm talking about it automatically happening when I post on Face Book. I had thought that posting the link to the particular Face Book page on the web page would make it appear when clicked on the web page but found that only works if the person on the web site page is already a Face Book member. Thanks in advance for any suggestions

Without knowing what platform your website is built on I cannot answer sufficiently... But as someone who builds digital strategies for broadcasters for a living, the better option would be to publish content on your website and share those to Facebook... that way the content is on a platform YOU own and you use social media the way it should be utilized which is to drive listeners and traffic to your station and platform. There are multiple Wordpress plugins to do this with the best being Jetpack Publish.

I doubt that Facebook (it's one word, BTW) would allow such a thing, which means that they would have safeguards coded in that would prevent any software developer from being able to create such a program.

KM - Please don't hijack a legitimate question with something unrelated just because YOU don't like the platform and don't have an answer...

 

[K.M. Richards]

KM - Please don't hijack a legitimate question with something unrelated just because YOU don't like the platform and don't have an answer...

Awww, come on, Lance. Doesn't the guy deserve to know why there aren't third-party apps to do what he wants? I mean, yeah, I did put some personal dislikes for them in my post, but my intent was honorable.

 

[lanceventa]

Awww, come on, Lance. Doesn't the guy deserve to know why there aren't third-party apps to do what he wants? I mean, yeah, I did put some personal dislikes for them in my post, but my intent was honorable.

There are ways to do it. He can use a third-party service that creates an RSS feed from a Facebook page and use an RSS importer code. But I cannot give a suggestion without out knowing what system his site is based on.

 

[K.M. Richards]

There are ways to do it. He can use a third-party service that creates an RSS feed from a Facebook page and use an RSS importer code. But I cannot give a suggestion without out knowing what system his site is based on.

Fair enough. But, with all due respect, from the sound of his request he likely has a lot less experience with RSS than you do (because you have years and years of experience with it). And it also sounds like there's no "off the shelf" app to do it, as I had surmised.