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socialmedian LAUNCHES FACEBOOK CONNECT - MARCH 16, 2009 By jasongoldberg

Mar 16, 2009

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News Flash: socialmedian Launches Facebook Connect - socialmedian

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Mar 16, 2009

Summary

Since being acquired by XING in December 2008, the socialmedian team has been busy working on a number of very important strategic product initiatives which will be launched over the course of this spring. In the coming months we'll be launching a series of new features both on socialmedian and on XING.

We're rolling out the first such initiative today: Facebook Connect on socialmedian.

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As of today, Facebook Connect is the preferred way for people to login and participate on socialmedian.

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Users can now sign-up for socialmedian using their Facebook account with just one-click.

Comments (30)

Ww3,

Mar 16, 2009

cool:)

Jessica Gottlieb,

Mar 16, 2009

This just bumped SocialMedian up from "really cool" to "my business partner".

I'm really excited to see how this works.

Joanikin,

Mar 16, 2009

way to go Jason!

Wealth Coach,

Mar 16, 2009

Intriguing idea, looking forward to finding out how to use Social Median more effectively to market my business and keep in touch. Anything that joins up social networking like Twitter does is good by me!

Jasongoldberg,

Mar 16, 2009

@JessicaGottlieb @joanikin @WealthCoach Thanks for checking it out! Let us know too how to make it better for you.

Ex Modia,

Mar 16, 2009

Oooh! I think I'm going to like this one!

Kathy Johnson,

Mar 16, 2009

Congratulations - looking forward to making this a new addition to my daily routine

Bentrem,

Mar 16, 2009

*cough* Raw HTML?
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As of today, Facebook Connect is the [...] and participate on socialmedian.
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That's http://www.socialmedian.com/story/3538040/news-flash-socialmedian-launches-facebook-connect-socialmedian

Barcelonaphotoblog,

Mar 16, 2009

Smart move. I think this is going to be great. Too early to cast a vote yet but I guess it means more buzz and connectivity.

Happymaker,

Mar 16, 2009

How fun! I love it!

Michaelfidler,

Mar 16, 2009

@jasongoldberg Congratulations! As I've said before, FB Connect is a welcomed addition, which allows me to have more control over the sharing of my content. I've noticed that I'm not staying logged in between browser sessions. Is this one of the features of FB Connect? If so, it's a small inconvenience considering all the benefits it brings. I look forward to adoption of FB connect on all the site I use!
BTW, You really need to check your inbox on FB:-) How come we're not friends over there too?

Jasongoldberg,

Mar 16, 2009

@michaelfidler you've got a new friend on Facebook :-)

Paul Walker,

Mar 16, 2009

Saw this and immediately signed up via my FB account. Looking forward to exploring - looks good :)

Jasongoldberg,

Mar 16, 2009

@Paul_Walker Let us know how socialmedian + Facebook works for you!

Miad,

Mar 16, 2009

@jasongoldberg Congratulations! Can't wait to check it out.

Thelongcount,

Mar 16, 2009

so far so good. im wondering however:

1. Why can't i publish it to facebook right when i clip a story? Do i always have to first comment or like/dislike?

2. Do my friends on Facebook who are not on S|M able to read my published clips? Because only one is, out of 400...

cheers!

Sina,

Mar 17, 2009

Congratulations! I guess @michaelfidler nailed it (regarding the new FB feature) in a previous post http://bit.ly/UovJu :-)

Michaelfidler,

Mar 17, 2009

@Sina Thanks! If it wasn't for Jason's hint, I don't think I would have figured it out. I'm just glad that I didn't loose my shirts to @nigelwalsh:-)

Ww3,

Mar 17, 2009

@ww3 Facebook Connect w/ me @ http://www.ww3.name

Jasongoldberg,

Mar 17, 2009

@thelongcount

1. It should publish to Facebook whenever you clip a story. If not, please let us know!
2. All of your Facebook friends will see your shared items, not just your FB friends who have socialmedian.

Nigelwalsh,

Mar 17, 2009

@thelongcount Hi, if this isn't working or you want to change/control the settings go into FB >> Application Settings >>> Social|Median | edit settings. You should get this screen. http://twitpic.com/26d33

@michaelfidler leave my shirts alone :-)

Susanbeebe,

Mar 17, 2009

Nice improvement! @JasonGoldberg :)

415vince,

Mar 17, 2009

@Kathy_Johnson I'm with you on the daily routine. New to S|M, but definitely good stuff.

Kimber,

Mar 17, 2009

This has sure screwed up the social median experience, I click on a link and end up at this page, How do I just pursue the link?

La Shea Miller,

Mar 22, 2009

I am glad that Facebook is adding so many useful applications for its users to share news, blog posts and other information.

Thelongcount,

Mar 25, 2009

@jasongoldberg Hey Jason. @nigelwalsh Hi Nigel. Im just replying and letting you guys know that my app setting for S|M on FB is set publish stories, however it still does not when i clip a story, only afterwards if i comment or like/dislike. When i clip the story i get the regular clip dialog that we've always gotten and no option to post to facebook straight away. there was a moment when instead of the regular clip dialog box contents (you know, the url, title, and a quote), it displayed for a second some sort of login or clipping option to post with just S|M or with the connect service. it flashed so fast then redirected me back to the reg clipit options that there was nothing i could do. Anyhow, just letting you guys know. :\

Nigelwalsh,

Mar 26, 2009

@thelongcount I think I know what you are referring to. @jasongoldberg I think the guys need to look at the UI/User Experience for none logged in users to SM or FB. It could do with a tweak. @nishith

Spuds,

Mar 26, 2009

The implementation has been very nicely done. Thumbs up from me.

Bala,

Mar 26, 2009

@thelongcount @nigelwalsh Thanks for bringing this up. We've made some changes to the fb-connect behavior. You should not see this problem again. But do give us a shout if you see anything strange. @jasongoldberg @Scottwheaton @nishith