Two Major Facebook Social Reader Apps Shutting Down (Update)
The Washington Post and The Guardian, a reputable U.K. paper, said this week they will pull their social reader apps from Facebook.
The Washington Post and The Guardian, a reputable U.K. paper, said this week they will pull their social reader apps from Facebook.
The Washington Post is in the process of replacing its reader in Facebook with an independent website that supports social sharing through a Facebook login.
A Washington Post spokesperson said the publication is “migrating from a Facebook canvas application to a Facebook Connect enhanced website [which] preserves the important features we built for Facebook but also opens up the experience to others.”
The Post’s off-Facebook social reader offers the same sharing and personalization features as the Facebook app along with increased privacy protections.
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