Facebook is about
to turn your social life into an online newspaper. That's the takeaway
from a new slate of changes the company unveiled yesterday, ahead of its
annual f8 developer conference in San Francisco. From now on, if you
log in to Facebook after a lengthy hiatus, your news feed -- much like
the front page of a daily paper -- will consist of a list of "top
stories," photos and updates that were posted while you were away, with
each high-priority item tagged with a blue earmark. More frequent users,
on the other hand, will find a list of most recent stories presented in
chronological order, along with larger photos embedded directly within
their news feed. The company has also introduced a new "ticker" feature
that provides users with real-time updates on their friends' activity,
displayed along the right-hand side of the home page. Here, you'll find
the exact same updates you'd see on a real-time news feed, with the
crucial difference being that you'll be able to interact with each
development without missing a beat. If you see that a friend comments on
a cat video, for example, you'll be able to click that item in the
ticker and add your two cents, without having to navigate away from the
home screen.
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