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Awhile back Facebook added support to include your Flickr updates in a Facebook mini-feed. I’ve been looking for something that simple for a long time so I immediately filled out the config page, but today after uploading some pics I noticed the feed said it had no activity to report. Weird. After searching around I found the answer - Facebook expects you to use your Flickr screen name, not the (Yahoo) username you use to log in. I imagine this probably only affects people who were Flickr members pre-Yahoo merger, but still, hopefully this saves someone else a few minutes.

So for instance my Yahoo account is tpacyk so I had originally entered that into my profile box. Facebook considered it a valid entry linked to Flickr, but never uploaded any updates. I tried entering confusedamused (the web address for my Flickr pics) as the username and Facebook came back that it was an invalid entry. After some more searching I saw you need the exact Flickr screen name, spaces and all. Long story short, click on the You | Your Account button in Flickr, note your screen name and use that name in Facebook.

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