diff --git a/app/models/services/facebook.rb b/app/models/services/facebook.rb
index a7ae2b5e4..42828d863 100644
--- a/app/models/services/facebook.rb
+++ b/app/models/services/facebook.rb
@@ -7,17 +7,7 @@ class Services::Facebook < Service
 
   def post(post, url='')
     Rails.logger.debug("event=post_to_service type=facebook sender_id=#{self.user_id}")
-    message = public_message(post, url)
-    post_params = self.create_post_params(message)
-    Faraday.post("https://graph.facebook.com/me/feed", post_params.to_param)
-  end
-
-  def create_post_params(message)
-    hash = {:message => message, :access_token => self.access_token}
-    if /https?:\/\/(\S+)/ =~ message
-    hash.merge!({:link => /https?:\/\/(\S+)/.match(message)[0]})
-    end
-    return hash
+    Faraday.post("https://graph.facebook.com/me/joindiaspora:make", {:access_token => self.access_token}.to_param)
   end
 
   def public_message(post, url)
diff --git a/spec/models/services/facebook_spec.rb b/spec/models/services/facebook_spec.rb
index e57225a2c..50755a6cd 100644
--- a/spec/models/services/facebook_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/services/facebook_spec.rb
@@ -33,15 +33,6 @@ describe Services::Facebook do
       @service.post(@post, url)
     end
   end
-  
-  describe '#create_post_params' do
-    it 'should have a link when the message has a link' do
-      @service.create_post_params("http://example.com/ test message")[:link].should == "http://example.com/"
-    end
-    it 'should not have a link when the message has no link' do
-      @service.create_post_params("test message")[:link].should == nil
-    end
-  end
 
   context 'finder' do
     before do