Linden Lab have blogged regarding an issue with Facebook and SL Share : An Update on SLShare Service Issues. The post explains that Facebook have recently announced that they are depreciating an old Open Graph API. The implication with this change is that all apps running version 1.0, need to update to version 2.0.
Linden Lab are on the ball with this and have updated their SL Share app to version 2.0, but things aren’t complete on Facebook’s end, which may mean there are problems for a couple of week. The blog post states :
This means that when using SLShare (updating status, photo uploads, and check-ins from the Viewer) you may experience some temporary problems. Please be assured that we are aware of this and any issues you encounter should be resolved once the migration period is complete.
Thank you for your patience!
So the message is clear, there may be a bit of quirkiness for a couple of weeks when using SL Share with Facebook. Now I’ll be honest, I’ve never used SLShare, but for those who are wondering what it is, SLShare is a way of sharing your Second Life experiences on social media, such as Facebook, Flickr and Twitter and it looks rather straight forward.
The first thing to do is to ensure the toolbar buttons for SLShare are available, to do this go to me or avatar (depending upon with viewer you’re using) and then toolbar buttons :
Then the toolbar buttons show up and you can drag and drop these onto your toolbars in the viewer. Hopefully, if you squint you can see there are buttons for Facebook, Flickr and Twitter.
Note that my buttons for Facebook, Flickr and Twitter are dull, that’s because they are already on my toolbar.
Then all you have to do is click the button for the social media of your choice that you want to share with. First of all I’ll click the Facebook icon, and then I see this :
Now if you want to know all the ins and outs of how to use SLShare with Facebook, Linden Lab have a knowledgebase article. I’ll also embed a video at the end of this post that demonstrates SLShare.
The process is similar for Flickr, just click the Flickr icon and then you have your choices.
Again, Linden Lab have a knowledgebase article on SLShare with Flickr.
Wash, rinse and repeat for SLShare with Twitter.
Yes, Linden Lab also have a knowledgebase article on SLShare with Twitter.
I suggest you do read the articles because they talk about opting in, opting out and privacy issues. As I said, I’ve never used these features but to be honest, they look useful enough for those who want to use them.
I’ll end with that video :