In the occasional tech spot with Carol Duncan, we looked at Facebook’s new changes and what they mean to users.
The immediate changes to Facebook are the News Feed at the top of the page where updates and posts will be ranked according to what Facebook thinks are your interests, to the left of the screen is “the ticker” which will give summaries of updates.
Coming in the next few weeks will be the Timeline feature which will give show the history of all your posts.
A great summary of the changes with a hands on review is Jason Kincaid’s article on the Facebook changes in Tech Crunch. The official Facebook blog goes into the detail of all the new features.
The purpose of these changes is to increase Facebook’s value as an advertising platform and it raises the question of the viability of these networks.
One of the interesting features of these changes is that users will start seeing increased advertising, if you’re not happy with this our Netsmarts site goes through the process of shutting down your Facebook account.
Join us on ABC Newcastle with Carol Duncan to discuss these issues and more.