Washington Post Moves Social Reader Off Facebook

The Washington Post Company has decided to move its Social Reader app -- which displays stories from Washington Post Co. publications and 90 other news organizations, including this one, on Facebook -- to a standalone site at socialreader.com, the company told Mashable Friday.

Beginning this weekend, those who click on stories in the Facebook app will be immediately relocated to socialreader.com.

A year ago, several major news organizations, including The Guardian, Yahoo News and The Washington Post Co., launched "social news apps" on Facebook. These apps leveraged Facebook's Open Graph technology to help users discover what their friends were reading and enjoyed rapid adoption. At its…
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