Facebook users, again, experienced a major update on Wednesday. The News Feed that displays other users' status updates has been changed to show real-time news or updates from friends. It is now tailored to how often a user visits the site. Updates are now ranked by factors that allow users to mark certain posts as top stories instead of simply displaying the most recent news.
Facebook is being accused of nabbing these changes from Google+, though Savage thinks that won't cause a big stir among users. I find Google+ more organized and precise, and Google is also its own brand.
The updated news feed will list stories based on how recently a user has visited. If a user has not logged on for some time, the top stories will include highlights of older stories.
Also, the new Subscribe button, which allows users to decide how many updates they want to receive from a friend. Facebook photo thumbnails are displayed in a much larger form than before.
Although the update has only been live for a few hours, many users are voicing annoyance that the site has again altered the interface to which they'd grown familiar. This has also been the case with past Facebook updates.
Facebook did not respond to a request for commentary given by E-Commerce Times.
While Facebook has been criticized for imitating Google+ with the new update, the two sites remain significantly differently products.
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