Found a little facebook extension called Mirror Blog today. This enables you to show your blog entries in your facebook profile. So far, it’s a bit buggy and not quite feature complete, but mostly works. The problems I have experienced (through my ten minutes of use) are
- The blog entries are cut where a <!–more–> is inserted. This special tag is used by WordPress to know how much of an entry is showed on the front page of the blog. Apparently Mirror Blog can’t cope with this at the moment, which is a serious flaw. A post like this
Was kidnapped by a gang of prostitues today. Here’s my story <!–more–> So I went to this underground bar in the ninth district (…)
becomes
Was kidnapped by a gang of prostitues today. Here’s my story
End of story. Not much fun in that …
- Comments are not shared between the blogs. A comment on the facebook side of the blog stays there.
- No way to go directly to the original blog page. The only link to the original blog points to the main page.
So it is not quite ripe yet, but could be a way to inform readers that otherwise would not know about your latest escapades.
