Thursday 12 August 2010

link specific facebook link

problem: went on a posting spree, wanted to promote a particular post. how do you do this?

what im not doing: using any 3rd party services, or searching through the notifications, it might not even be there if no-ones posted.


ok, so first i found a post by someone that had enough comments to get its own page. this was the post (link takes you to)

http://www.facebook.com/LimmyDotCom?v=wall&story_fbid=119754138073776#!/LimmyDotCom?v=wall&story_fbid=119754138073776

but, if you copy and paste this it reduces to

http://www.facebook.com/LimmyDotCom?v=wall&story_fbid=119754138073776

but, where to find the story_fbid? well, if you go to your own profile and right click the 'remove' post, and copy the link address. example here

http://www.facebook.com/ajax/minifeed/remove_confirm.php?story_id=div_story_990355814_142328365798594&profile_id=100000228722293&story_key=5504271594602596862&story_type=22&app_link=%3Ca+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fapps.facebook.com%2Fpingdotfm%2F%22%3EPing.fm%3C%2Fa%3E&handler=prof

story_id, from the 3rd underscore is the story_fbid. so, the url (using my own username would be)

http://www.facebook.com/thefamousnomo?v=wall&story_fbid=142328365798594

job done!