Facebook like button doesn't post on users timeline

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18233311

Question

i added an like button to my page which were meant do display each like on the specific users timeline.

Although when the user clicks like, and confirms (since it's a new site) the "like" nothing happens except that it says on the like button on the page that "Name likes this". Nothing on the users Facebook timeline or in profile.

The Facebook debugger doesn't report any errors whatsoever. Which makes it hard to tell for me why it doesn't share on the timeline. So i don't know exactly what to do or correct right now.

Any insight from someone who has been in this spot would be appreciated.

    <meta property="fb:app_id" content="MY_APP_ID" />
    <meta property="og:type" content="website" />
    <meta property="og:url" content="https://www.MY_URL.se/" />
    <meta property="og:image" content="http://www.MY_URL.se/folder/fbLike.png" />
    <meta property="og:title" content="MY_URL.se - PAGE TITLE" />
    <meta property="og:site_name" content="SITE_NAME" />
    <meta property="og:description" content="DESCRIPTION" />

    <div id="fb-root"></div>
    <script>(function(d, s, id) {
    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
    js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/sv_SE/all.js#xfbml=1";
    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));
    </script>

    <div class="fb-like" data-href="https://www.MY_URL.se/" data-width="100" data-show-faces="false" data-send="false" style="position: absolute; z-index:5; margin-top: 40px; margin-left: 335px;"></div>
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Solution

The confirm doesn´t come for new sites, it usually comes if you aren´t using an app id (which is the case here), or if spammy behaviour is detected. Try using an app, just select it in the generator: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/

This could be the solution, but to make it more visible, the user has to add a comment too.

OTHER TIPS

So, i have come to the conclusion that since the update to the "new" timeline in Facebook, an like with no attached comment will not be displayed in the users timeline/activity feed.

When the user includes an comment during the Like click, it will be shown (This is only based on theory, i haven't been able to actually confirm this yet).

This can happen if the page does not have the correct open graph tags and can be fixed by inspecting them here. https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/

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