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In culture, web on 5 September 2006 with 2 comments

Two big changes were rolled out this morning on everyone’s favorite college social networking service. Facebook launched News Feed highlights and personal Mini-Feeds, taking status-watching/time-wasting to potentially devastating levels. It will be fascinating to see the userbase response to the new changes.

News Feed highlights what’s happening in your social circles on Facebook. It updates a personalized list of news stories throughout the day, so you’ll know when Mark adds Britney Spears to his Favorites or when your crush is single again. Now, whenever you log in, you’ll get the latest headlines generated by the activity of your friends and social groups.

 

Mini-Feed is a new part of the profile that shows all the latest stuff someone has added on Facebook.

Mini-Feed is similar, except that it centers around one person. Each person’s Mini-Feed shows what has changed recently in their profile and what content (notes, photos, etc.) they’ve added. Check out your own Mini-Feed; if there are any stories you don’t like, you can remove them from your profile.


2 Comments

A blogging extravaganza alright. Minus 10,000.

Posted by caruana on 5 September 2006 @ 4pm

Observing reactions to the changes today was fascinating. The campus was abuzz with worry today, but the majority of conversations ultimately concluded with something along the lines of, “Well, I’ve got to admit that I used to look all this stuff up before and this only makes it easier to do. Maybe I won’t quit.” It’ll be interesting to see if the users largely accept it, despite perceived policy concerns.

A change to the ease of access to information (all formerly available on the site) on a site run by a miniscule staff immediately had a huge impact on a significant portion of the US college population (85% of college students are signed up).

Posted by Thomas on 5 September 2006 @ 6pm

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