Stand Back TweetPo.st; SupaSync is the better Facebook-Twitter App

So it has been since October 5, 2009 since I wrote my last blog post, and it's with good reason. With planning a church concert, "The GTCC Praise Party feat. national recording artist G.I.," which was a great success, I didn't have much time to devote to social media. After October 24th after the event was over, (Thank God) I was ready to start back to blogging and sharing my news feeds from Google Reader, but there was a huge problem; after disabling my Tweetpo.st account, I wasn't allowed to re-enable it. Bummer!

Tweetpo.st, introduced to me by Damond Nollan, was the best application to use to update your Facebook status via Twitter. Tweetpo.st also automatically posted your tweet that contained a link into your wall instead of a FaceBook status. A link in my Facebook status seemed dirty to me and other people view it as a potential security risk. But for months I was in a limbo, because I could not re-enable my account. It seemed that I had to create a new account, however it seems Tweetpo.st can't accept new users at the moment because of API issues. To this day, according to their twitter account, Tweetpo.st is working on a new update with "cool new features." They've been saying that for more than a month. After a while, my patience runs thin and I can't wait any longer; I must find another solution.

Here I introduce to some, SupaSync. This is my alternative to Tweetpo.st until they get their act together. However, it seems SupaSync does everything Tweetpo.st does and more! Tweetpo.st and SupaSync both respectfully ignore @replies and posts links to walls. But SupaSync alone ignores Retweets (something irrelevant to FaceBook), strips hashtags and via [text] (with user input of course), they skip tweets that have @mentions (with user input), and you can choose your own keywords, i.e. #fb to send an update to Facebook. The only thing that SuperSync doesn't do that Tweetpo.st does is change @mentions to real names, but that's petty.

Right now, SupaSync tops Tweetpo.st, but I look forward to see what the new Tweetpo.st update is going to bring to the table. Try SupaSync, you won't be disappointed.

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Will Facebook become the Microsoft of Social Media?

The big news yesterday, taking the tech world by storm, "Facebook Acquires FriendFeed." This news totally trumped the previous technology news when it was announced that bit.ly was interested in acquiring tr.im who were ending their operation of shortening URLs. As Facebook becomes ahead of the Social Media game, nearly killing defeated MySpace in battle and taking FriendFeed's hand in friendship, or marriage for that matter, one has to ask: will Facebook continue to dominate the social media world?

I was introduced to FriendFeed just a few months ago and I admit, I wasn't comprehending the full capabilities of the site. It wasn't until recently that I got chance to use the site and get ultra excited about its effectiveness. See with FriendFeed, or FF, you stay connected with several media outlets and all of your feeds can be embedded into your profile. With FF, I was able to feed my various networks without missing a beat. Everyone of course has their networks set up differently. With mine, I was able to update FF via Youtube, Google Reader, Del.i.cious, and Twitter. With my permissions, FF would update my Google Talk status as well as Twitter and then when the feed hits my Twitter Status, Tweetpo.st (a great tool!) would then in turn post my FF feed to my Facebook. Are you still with me? I hope so.

With this latest acquisition, the game has definitely changed.

Am I upset about this? I can't give you a definite answer. I am definitely concerned about a potential Facebook monopoly. Mind you, unless they have already, Facebook hasn't announced their future plans for FriendFeed. We're not sure whether it will continue to run as a stand alone site or merge with FaceBook's site. I am sincerely hoping though that FaceBook would begin the works of allowing FriendFeed to have a mobile app, preferrably for BlackBerry (in the event that it's stand alone site).

The news is indeed surprising and I doubt anyone saw this coming; I know I didn't. But this indeed gives the rest of the Social World something to be worried about. Facebook has the resources and the power to be a force to be reckoned with. According to reports

What are your thoughts on this latest news? I'd love to hear from you.

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