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The new feature allows for users to follow public updates, and these are the people most often broadcasting their ideas. It includes a more customizable News Feed and increased privacy. Users are now presented with a number of options, and they’ll need to dig deep to understand which pieces to take and which to leave.
The Subscribe button addresses issues about the depth of connection the term “friend” implies on Facebook.
Some critics say the feature goes against Facebook’s nature that it was built on 'friending', not 'following'. It’s important to note that the News Feed algorithm weights updates from friends as well as private posts more heavily than public ones. In addition, the Close Friends list Facebook rolled out on Tuesday makes the updates from your strongest relationships more prominent in your News Feed, and you can enable notifications specifically from friends in this list.
Before the Subscribe button launch, it was either all or nothing when it came to blocking a person’s updates from your News Feed. Now you can control what types of updates you see from a person and how often. That means you can skip the virtual sheep without missing out on engagement notifications and puppy albums.
Source: mashable.com
Facebook Subscribe Button The new feature allows for users to follow public updates, and these are the people most often broadcasting their ideas. It includes a more customizable News Feed and increased privacy. Users are now presented with a number of options, and they’ll need to dig deep to understand which pieces to take and which to leave. The Subscribe button addresses issues about the depth of connection the term “friend” implies on Facebook. Some critics say the feature goes against Facebook’s nature that it was built on 'friending', not 'following'. It’s important to note that the News Feed algorithm weights updates from friends as well as private posts more heavily than public ones. In addition, the Close Friends list Facebook rolled out on Tuesday makes the updates from your strongest relationships more prominent in your News Feed, and you can enable notifications specifically from friends in this list. Before the Subscribe button launch, it was either all or nothing when it came to blocking a person’s updates from your News Feed. Now you can control what types of updates you see from a person and how often. That means you can skip the virtual sheep without missing out on engagement notifications and puppy albums. Source: mashable.com
