Facebook Newsfeed Changes

As with any new updates released by Facebook, controversy and complaints soon follow but are the recent changes to users' personal news feed updates for the better? I'll let you decide for yourself.

Top Stores

By highlighting stories which have been published since a user last logged in, Facebook users w
Unlike the old news feed, users will be shown stories which have been published since they last logged, know as "Top Stories" which will be a welcomed update for those who check their news feed several times a day. Top Stories are marked with a blue corner (as shown above).

Recent stories are still on the home page but appear below the Top Stories, in the order they were posted.

Live Friend Updates

 The second big change to Facebook's home page is the addition of a live friend updates panel to the right hand side of the page. Much like a Twitter widget, this box updates in real time with friends' current activites.

Profile Prieview

If you're hot on social network privacy you'll be glad for the addition of the "View As..." option added to your profile. Click to view your profile (there is now a small profile thumbnail and with profile name on the top right header bar) and you are now able to see your profile as it is seen by a specific friend or the public.

Facebook Fan Page Update: Friend Activity

Friend Activity is the latest addition to Facebook Fan Pages to be rolled out. You'll find it just underneath the "info" tab below the page's profile picture.

The new tab allows people to see how their friends interact with a page showing page updates, photos etc which their friends have liked likes.

I don't find this particularly useful, especially as it rare that a page fan has a look through the various tabs on a fan page however if they do happen to click on Friend Activity perhaps it will influence their decision to click the "like" button if they see evidence of other friends already in that particular brand's community.