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Facebook Broadcasts Your Every Action

Michael Zhang · September 5, 2006

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Today Facebook launched two major features and a new look. The two features are called News Feed and Mini Feed, and are simply RSS streams for tracking everything your friends do on the website from one easy place. Even though many people might be hesitant about sharing such detailed information, even with their friends, this simplifies the life of the multitudes on the website who spent their days tracking people on Facebook anyway.

When the Facebook feature "My Status" came out, many people stated that it was yet another way for members to stalk one another. Well, My Status pretty much pales in comparison to these new "friend feeds". Instead of choosing what you set your status as, these feeds make any minor detail about your Facebook activity public to the people you allow it to. This includes new friend connections, joining and leaving groups, adding photos, profile modifications, wall postings, and more...

The new design continues to bear Facebook's trademark minimalist style, and people are going to be happy with that. These new features also reveal how active Facebook members are just by looking at the daily actions of your friends.

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Folksonomy.org on September 6, 2006 6:32 PM

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