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There are use cases for both "ping to Facebook status update" and "ping to Facebook link"; this isn't black and white no matter how much folks may want it to be.

I will content myself by knowing ping.fm gets it the way that others get it.

There are two interpretations of the the phrase, btw. Yet another case of not acknowledging nuance, I suppose. ;)

In the meantime, yay for ping.fm. – mjgiarlo, on November 06, 2009 23:01

I don't want to get embroiled in semantics, but one might reasonably ask "supposed by WHOM?" How ping.fm and Facebook interact is not determined a priori. Sorry, Jedi.

I wouldn't expect an option (a boolean is not exactly an advanced feature) to appear two minutes after the feature was rolled out. In fact, I would expect an option before the default behavior was changed. Apparently the ping.fm team agree with this given how they reverted this behavior.

I respect your opinions about what's tacky and what your expectations are re: links. But realize they are just your opinions. And now we're back to subjectivity.

And re: whining: #potkettleblack. – mjgiarlo, on November 06, 2009 16:13

The way it's "supposed" to work is dependent on which user you ask. Supposition is subjective. :)

But I think the Ping team has it right; the best way forward is to set a reasonable default, communicate that default in advance of a change, and provide a clear option for those that wish to change the behavior. – mjgiarlo, on November 06, 2009 13:16

This change frustrates me as well. What's worse is that the Facebook links to ping.fm -- to photographs that I e-mailed to ping.fm and wound up in My Media -- have all been broken.

Please add an option to have links posted as status updates for Facebook!