For those of you who are subscribed to my blog or visit it on occasion, you have more than likely noticed that I have my Twitter updates posting to my blog. This is being done automatically using the Twitter Tools plugin by Alex King. He has created some great plugins and Twitter Tools is no exception.
I decided to add the Twitter archive posts as a way to archive what I put on Twitter. And to make it searchable by me or whoever else cares what I have to say.
I was also thinking about having my Tweets go to my Facebook account. But I don’t want all that information to go to Facebook. I don’t like Facebook very much. I disagree with a lot of what they do. But I do like connecting with people on Facebook. So I am compromising by having this blog update my Facebook feed when posts are published.
Despite the popularity of Facebook, I still think I should be able to control my social circle from my own blog. We are getting closer and closer every day.
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I’m not a fan of Facebook either. It seems that everyone I know is on it though so I feel an obligation to update my account once in a while. Since I don’t like doing this, I have Twitter do it for me. I figure that what I put on the internet is there for good whether I like it or now so I’m not particular about who gets it. I just need to be careful about what I put out there for people to see.
I agree that the Twitter Tools plugin is great. I’ve recently started using it and have actually considered using it to update my blog as well. Maybe I’ll get around to marking that box in the settings one of these days…