At the Huffington Post, we're all about starting conversations. It's why we launched Social News with Facebook in 2009, enabling our users to read and share stories as instantly as you would discuss a story in a newspaper at the kitchen table -- still one of Arianna's favorite things about reading newspapers together with friends.
Today, we're doubling down on that commitment to real-time sharing and engagement with the HuffPost Social Reading app for Facebook timeline. This app will take the reading experience to the next level, allowing you to share stories, start conversations and keep up with what your friends are reading -- only now, your Facebook timeline will be a place to share news with your friends, while Facebook News Feed and Ticker will help you discover new Huffington Post content through your friends.
Before we explain what's changing, a quick note on what's staying the same: you'll still find the same great stories, the same irresistible headlines, and the signature mix of news, blogging, community, and social engagement that's been part of HuffPost's DNA since Day 1. Only now, if you choose, you can use the HuffPost Social Reading app to share it all on your Facebook timeline.
You decide whether you want to join. And once you do, you control your sharing preferences -- what to share on your timeline, and what to exclude. You can always edit your settings from your Application Settings Page on Facebook, and you can remove specific activity directly from your timeline or from your personal Activity Log on Facebook. Because we understand the occasional need for discretion. (Maybe you're not quite ready to let your PhD adviser in on your obsession with the latest Gisele runway slideshow.)
Our readers are passionate about starting and joining conversations -- after all, last month you posted 6 million comments on HuffPost. And now we welcome you to HuffPost Social Reading -- an opportunity to personalize your reading experience and take your conversations to the next level.
I would much rather you fix this site and make it so we can get back to the point on the thread where the conversation originally took place
Like it was before the AOL buyout
As it is now I have no idea about the context of the replies to my posts because I have no idea where they originated
I used to love this site simply for the comments section alone and the excellant info shared by your readers It makes up for the amateurish USA Today style reporting with Enquirer style headlines As it is now I can't even access the links sent in the replies
No point in trying to broaden the brand when the home base is in dire need of repair
Fix the discussion here Don't tell me I have to become a Facebook member to use what is probably the best thing to ever happen in the section that used to be called letters to the editor
With this new reply setup we might as well go back to print for all the good it does
The more you mess this up the more I'm looking for the next idea to come knock you off your perch
Do you people ever read the reviews on iTunes? They are something to be ashamed of.
I just saw a list of articles my friend was reading and it was extremely embarrassing.
I don't think people realize how these things work.
Its real nice you are striving to take it to the next level. But you know what would be fine by me? If we could get a few of the things on this level back up and running. You just told us more about what was going on with another platform than we have heard about the things that concern us right here. There was no cute article sharing what happened to our comments, which have been under "routine maintenance" for a mighty good while. The comment badges just disappeared - shipoo - without a peep. We are left to speculate about whether they will return.
We want to stay in touch with our friends and frenemies right here, but can't, because pending lasts sometimes for three and four hours. That is the communication gulf which we need to have a helping hand.
So, if you don't mind, that other place can do without your attentions for awhile. We would be most obliged if these words would constitute an impromptu to do list.
Congratulations on your app. We might try it when we get freed up on time by your fixing things on that little list.