Something that people have been asking for from Facebook for quite some time is an updated News Feed. Today Facebook has announced just that, bringing significant change to the way users consume content in their news feed. The introduction comes to desktops today with smart phones and tablets getting the update soon.
Today we’re announcing a new version of Facebook designed to reduce clutter and focus more on stories from the people you care about. You see all the stories you saw in your News Feed before, but with a fresh new look. We’ve completely rebuilt each story to be much more vibrant and colorful and highlight the content that your friends are sharing. Photos, news articles, maps and events all look brighter and more beautiful.
The update brings a major focus on the content itself bringing less clutter from advertisements and other things. Photos above all things gets the most noticeable upgrade. Photos and Albums are blown up in size and laid out very nicely.
Another thing that comes along with this update is more control for the user in terms of what they see in their news feed. There are also ‘Sub Feeds’ that you can switch too. For instance if you want to just see all of the photo updates you can view the ‘Photos’ Feed or is you’d like to go through all of the news updates from pages you follow you could go through the ‘Following’ Feed. You have more control now to fine tune what you see in your feed. I for one am pretty excited about this because 80% of what comes through my feed I could do without. No offense to whoever this pertains too but I’m sure everyone will appreciate more control of their own feed. Here is the video from Facebook talking in detail about the redesign.
I have too say that I’m very impressed with this update. I always remind myself how hard it is for a company like Facebook to remain relevant and ahead of the curve. It must be a major challenge to keep a billion users happy all the time!
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