What Can The SoCast Platform Do Compared To Native Facebook?

What Can The SoCast Platform Do Compared To Native Facebook?

Please see the table below that compared the functionality of the SoCast platform compared to native Facebook:
Facebook Functionality
SoCast Platform
Further Notes
Posts


Attach Photo
Yes
Attach Link
Yes

Attach Link W/ Preview
Yes

Tag People
No

Tag Pages
Yes

Add Feeling/Emoticon
No

Add Location
No

Share Stories (Galleries/Photo Albums)
No

Delete A Post Permanently
Yes
The post does still appear in Smart Streams, but is deleted from Facebook permanently.
Hide A Post
Yes
Posts can be hidden from a page's wall, but not posts from the pages themselves due to the limitations of Facebook's API.
Like A Post
Yes

Comment On A Post
Yes

Share A Post
Yes
Thumbnail of shared post does not appear in SoCast publisher, but does show in Facebook.
Page Posts


Schedule a post
Yes

Backdate/Change Date
No

Hide A Post From a Page's Timeline
No

Facebook Video
No
A workaround is to upload the video to YouTube/Vimeo etc. and create a link to the video there.
Event/Milestone
No

Pin Post To Top Of Page
No

Highlight Post
No

Embed Post Code For Website
No
A workaround is to copy the embed code from native Facebook and add as raw html widget into SoCast Platform.
Other


Audience Posts To Page
Yes

Notifications Of Comments On A Post
Yes


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