Storify Curator Shows Private Facebook Posts

Many media moguls use a content curator called Storify, which gathers social media reactions to certain topics or events in order to put together story streams. It's effectively used most through Twitter and Facebook, but it has been discovered that Storify can pull posts from private Facebook profiles, too.

Many media moguls use a content curator called Storify, which gathers social media reactions to certain topics or events in order to put together story streams. It’s effectively used most through Twitter and Facebook, but it has been discovered that Storify can pull posts from private Facebook profiles, too.

Around the time of major events, people use Storify to pull together reactions from all over social media. For instance, if you wanted to create a Storify stream about “American Idol,” Storify would gather tweets and Facebook posts from people with whom you are connected, containing the term, “American Idol.”

However, Julie Pippert, founder and director of Artful Media Group, found what she believes to be a bug in Storify’s system.

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