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Chris Bloom replied on October 07, 2008 14:38 to the problem "Not cross posting to Twitter?" in Brightkite:

Oh, awesome. I didn't know you could do "about" posting when not checked in (actually, just hadn't bothered to look), but that makes sense, and the sharing works as I would expect it to. Thanks for the response and explanation :)

A comment on the problem "Not cross posting to Twitter?" in Brightkite:

Chris, "about" posts are notes and photos that you can post to a location without actually being checked in there. To do that, you would just visit that location's place page and click the "Post a note" or "Post a photo" button. For instance, I could go to the Paris, France place page and post photos of a past trip I took, etc. Since these updates aren't about what you are *currently* doing, they will not send out notifications or share to Twitter, but they will show in your user stream. Now non-about posts are just normal notes and photos that you submit while you are currently at a location and they post to where you are currently checked in. Since these are real-time updates, they will share to Twitter and notify your friends when they are posted. I hope that helps some. :) – Lesley, on October 06, 2008 15:54

Chris Bloom replied on October 04, 2008 19:56 to the problem "Not cross posting to Twitter?" in Brightkite:

I'm confused - I thought once you checked in to a place, any notes you posted from there on in (pictures included) were automatically "about" that last check in place. Am I wrong??? What's the difference between an "about" post and a non-about post???

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A comment on the problem "Cross-posts to twitter no workie" in Brightkite:

Lesley, thanks for the response. I did post it privately initially, but then I realized that and changed my settings to public and re-posted the image. Looking at it again, the image is still set to private, which is odd. I'll post something again soon and report back here how that goes. – @joebird, on August 13, 2008 17:24

A comment on the problem "Cross-posts to twitter no workie" in Brightkite:

Joe, did you post your photo while in Private mode? If so, your settings for "everyone else" will need to be "city" or "exact" for your post to share to Twitter. – Lesley, on August 13, 2008 16:12

@joebird replied on August 13, 2008 08:59 to the problem "Cross-posts to twitter no workie" in Brightkite:

cross posting to Twitter isn't working. emailed a photo tonight. it posted to brightkite fine but didn't cross-tweet.

i posted brightkite notes a while back and that cross-posted fine, so once upon a time all seemed kosher.

A comment on the problem "Cross-posts to twitter no workie" in Brightkite:

Did your note from July 22 cross-post to Twitter or did you manually repost that yourself? Since the updates are spaced a couple of days apart, it's possible that our system was unable to connect to Twitter and when this happens it gives up after a few seconds, so your post will not show up. If you don't mind, could you test a few notes spaced within a few hours of each other to see if any of those show up? This will help us determine where the problem is happening. Thanks! :) – Lesley, on July 28, 2008 22:28

Sinclair replied on July 26, 2008 15:53 to the question "Periodic Auto Check-in using GPS (iPhone)" in Brightkite:

The iPhone app should ask location services for your location everytime you post a note or photo. The thing that most annoys me about BK is having to manually checkin so my note/ photo shows up on the correct place. By the time I have gone through all that on a sketchy EDGE connection, the feeling has gone. If you do add periodic auto-checkin, make sure the user can opt out of it.

quepol replied on July 26, 2008 09:03 to the problem "Cross-posts to twitter no workie" in Brightkite:

This worked perfectly when I 1st joined brightkite, then at some point I accidentally disabled posting to Twitter. Now, despite my best efforts to get it working again, the functionality refuses to work.

Anything else I should troubleshoot?

A comment on the problem "Cross-posts to twitter no workie" in Brightkite:

Ok, I had turned off posting of Notes because I was using something else so to make sure it wasn't on my end I took a photo and sent it in to Brightkite and it didn't get cross-posted. – Chris Pohlad-Thomas, on July 14, 2008 15:54

A comment on the problem "Cross-posts to twitter no workie" in Brightkite:

Wait, this may be of my own doing. Let me try something. – Chris Pohlad-Thomas, on July 14, 2008 15:41

Chris Pohlad-Thomas replied on July 14, 2008 15:40 to the problem "Cross-posts to twitter no workie" in Brightkite:

Just tried it again and it didn't work.

Lesley replied on July 14, 2008 15:09 to the problem "Cross-posts to twitter no workie" in Brightkite:

Twitter posting is back now. We had to disable this feature while we worked to make it more dependable on our end. We apologize for any inconvenience.

A comment on the question "Cross-posts with Twitter (7/01/08)" in Brightkite:

We had to disable Twitter posting last night, this feature will be back soon. We're sorry for the inconvenience. We post status updates on Twitter if you want to follow us (@brightkite). – Lesley, on July 10, 2008 18:12

snowygrl replied on July 10, 2008 18:07 to the question "Cross-posts with Twitter (7/01/08)" in Brightkite:

it is happening again.

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Lesley replied on July 09, 2008 18:27 to the question "Cross-posts with Twitter (7/01/08)" in Brightkite:

Hi keinoguchi, you can customize your Twitter settings to disclose whatever information you like, regardless of whether or not you are in Private/Public mode. Account Settings --> Sharing --> Customize.

I noticed your last test post did go through to Twitter okay. If you experience intermittent problems with cross-posting, this is because our system only tries for a few seconds to connect with Twitter. If they are unresponsive, then the system gives up and your posts won't share. Please let us know if you continue to have issues.

keinoguchi replied on July 09, 2008 18:24 to the question "Cross-posts with Twitter (7/01/08)" in Brightkite:

Al right, it's now working!!!

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!