Facebook Preparing To Post Public Status Updates To Twitter?

Earlier this week, TechCrunch reported that users will soon be able to post to Twitter directly from their Facebook profiles later on this week. The service, which will use Facebook’s new fb.me short URL, will post public status updates directly to Twitter. The functionality of the service is not yet clear, however the timing is interesting considering that last week the company began encouraging all active users to make their status updates and other content more public.