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New options for sharing Statesman stories
Update 06/24/2011: Today we are moving back to the Facebook “Share” button instead of the “Like” and “Send” buttons, as least for the time being.
The “Share” button offers all the same functionality as “Like,” including being able to post to your own wall, a group or in a private message to your friends. But it also allows you to choose which photo to use with your post; the “Like” button chooses a photo for you, and sometimes it is not related at all. Facebook’s API does have tools to help choose that photo, and we’ll be looking at those.
— Christian McDonald
From 06/21/2011: Have you come across a story that you just have to share with your friends? Obviously, there have been many ways to do that in the past, but there are some new options out there, including a new push by Google.
We have added the ubiquitous Facebook “like” button to all statesman.com and Austin360.com stories and blogs (we previously used Facebook’s “share” button). We’ve also added the new Facebook “send” button, which makes it easy to share stories through Facebook’s private messenger system and the new “Google +1” button.
When you “like” a story, it will give you the option of adding a comment to the link that posts on your Facebook page. When you “+1” a story, it stores your recommendation on your Google profile. You can share your choices with the world, your friends or just keep them to yourself as a bookmark list. The idea is for it to be easy to see what your friends recommend when you’re searching around for information on Google. Here’s more about Google +1.
The new buttons are at the top of all blog posts and on the right side of the page on other stories.
When we added these new buttons, we kept the other options for sharing, including Twitter, StumbleUpon and old-fashioned emailing. We definitely want to make it easy for you to share our content, so if you have any further suggestions on how to make this easier, let us know.
Quigley is the Statesman’s social media editor
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By Stephen Chumley
June 22, 2011 2:53 PM | Link to this
Omar,
Have you guys considered a sharing service like http://www.addthis.com ? This way you can support all of the upcoming social platforms as well.
By Michael T
June 22, 2011 9:05 AM | Link to this
I'm glad the Statesman finally put the links in one spot.
By DJC
June 21, 2011 8:36 PM | Link to this
can i not pick a thumbnail?