How to be notified of comments posted via the Facebook Comments Social Plugin

Question

I recently implemented the Facebook social plugin for comments on my blog. I assumed, incorrectly, that I would get a Facebook notification when someone posts a comment to o

Answer 1

For those who have been struggling to find a way to get notified when someone sends a comment on your page, here's a (sort of) solution.

1. Assuming you've created an app for your website, add the following meta tag to your :

2. Then in Facebook Moderation Tool choose your app and click on Settings in top right corner. In settings, choose Moderation rules tab and at the bottom, you'll find an option Closed under Moderation heading. Select this option. By setting Closed option you basically have to approve all comments that are added to your site, but right now that's the only option how to get notified right in your Facebook without setting up custom listeners on comment.create event. That's also why this solution is sort of solution.

3. Also don't forget to add yourself as a moderator as Saurabh's answer suggests (otherwise you won't get any notification in your facebook).