Breakup: No more Tweets on Linkedin

Earlier, it was easy to share your tweets on Linkedin, but now your Tweets will not be visible on Linkedin.

Here is the latest email from LinkedIn :

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Twitter recently evolved its strategy and this will result in a change to the way Tweets appear in third-party applications. Starting today Tweets will no longer be displayed on LinkedIn.

We know that sharing updates from LinkedIn to Twitter is a valuable service for our members. Moving forward, you will still be able to share updates with your Twitter audience by posting them on LinkedIn.

How can I continue to share updates on both LinkedIn and Twitter? Simply start your conversation on LinkedIn. Compose your update, check the box with the Twitter icon, and click “Share.” This will automatically push your update to both your LinkedIn connections and your Twitter followers just as before.

What changes can I expect to see on LinkedIn? Any conversation you start on Twitter will no longer be automatically shared with your LinkedIn network, even if you synced your LinkedIn and Twitter accounts.

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What’s up with Twitter?

Well, the company is focusing on building a consistent Twitter experience through the app ecosystem and in the process, reach its billion dollar revenue target by forcing users to visit Twitter website (or use the acquired app, Tweetdeck).

“As always, we’re hard at work building tools that make it easy for developers to build common Twitter features into their own sites in a simple and consistent way. Some examples of these tools include the Tweet Button, Follow Button, embeddable Tweets and the search widget. Ultimately, we want to make sure that the Twitter experience is straightforward and easy to understand — whether you’re on Twitter.com or elsewhere on the web.

We’re building tools for publishers and investing more and more in our own apps to ensure that you have a great experience everywhere you experience Twitter, no matter what device you’re using. You need to be able to see expanded Tweets and other features that make Twitter more engaging and easier to use. These are the features that bring people closer to the things they care about. These are the features that make Twitter Twitter. We’re looking forward to working with you to make Twitter even better” [official blog post].

In short, Twitter is building its own ‘Twitter ecosystem’ (plus inventory for advertising dollars) and sending a strong message to partners and developers – i.e. follow the rules or..

Watch this partnership announcement made in 2009 (Twitter’s Biz Stone and LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman announced the partnership)

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