diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/social/SocialMessage.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/social/SocialMessage.java
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-package org.gcube.gcat.social;
-
-import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
-
-import javax.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders;
-import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
-
-import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
-import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import org.gcube.common.authorization.utils.manager.SecretManager;
-import org.gcube.common.authorization.utils.manager.SecretManagerProvider;
-import org.gcube.common.authorization.utils.socialservice.SocialService;
-import org.gcube.common.gxhttp.request.GXHTTPStringRequest;
-import org.gcube.gcat.utils.Constants;
-import org.gcube.gcat.utils.HTTPUtility;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-/**
- * @author Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)
- */
-public class SocialMessage extends Thread {
-	
-	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SocialMessage.class);
-	
-	public static final String ITEM_URL = "Item URL";
-	
-	// https://wiki.gcube-system.org/gcube/Social_Networking_Service#Send_a_message
-	protected static final String SOCIAL_SERVICE_SEND_MESSAGE_PATH = "/2/messages/write-message";
-	
-	protected static final String RESPONSE_SUCCESS_KEY = "success";
-	protected static final String RESPONSE_MESSAGE_KEY = "message";
-	
-	protected final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
-	
-	private final String token;
-	
-	protected Message message;
-
-	public SocialMessage() throws Exception {
-		super();
-		this.objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
-		SecretManager secretManager = SecretManagerProvider.instance.get();
-		this.token = secretManager.getCurrentSecretHolder().getSecrets().first().getToken(); 
-	}
-	
-	public Message getMessage() {
-		return message;
-	}
-	
-	public void setMessage(Message message) {
-		this.message = message;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void run() {
-		
-		try {
-			logger.info("Going to send Message {}", message);
-			// write message
-			sendSocialMessage();
-		} catch(Exception e) {
-			logger.error("Error while executing post creation actions", e);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	public void sendSocialMessage() {
-		
-		try {
-			String basePath = SocialService.getSocialService().getServiceBasePath();
-			if(basePath == null) {
-				logger.info("Unable to send a message because there is no social networking service available");
-				return;
-			}
-			basePath = basePath.endsWith("/") ? basePath : basePath + "/";
-			
-			String messageString = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(message);
-			logger.debug("The message that is going to be send is\n{}", messageString);
-			
-			GXHTTPStringRequest gxhttpStringRequest = GXHTTPStringRequest.newRequest(basePath);
-			gxhttpStringRequest.from(Constants.CATALOGUE_NAME);
-			gxhttpStringRequest.header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
-			gxhttpStringRequest.setSecurityToken(token);
-			gxhttpStringRequest.path(SOCIAL_SERVICE_SEND_MESSAGE_PATH);
-			
-			HttpURLConnection httpURLConnection = gxhttpStringRequest.post(messageString);
-			String ret = HTTPUtility.getResultAsString(httpURLConnection);
-			JsonNode jsonNode = objectMapper.readTree(ret);
-			if(jsonNode.get(RESPONSE_SUCCESS_KEY).asBoolean()) {
-				logger.info("Message sent : {}", messageString);
-			} else {
-				logger.info("Failed to write the message {}. Reason {}", messageString,
-						jsonNode.get(RESPONSE_MESSAGE_KEY).asText());
-			}
-		} catch(Exception e) {
-			logger.error("Unable to send the message : " + message.toString(), e);
-		}
-		
-	}
-
-}
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