In summary: the status/newsfeed we had a week ago - with status updates, picture/video posts, quizzes, applications - is gone, broken into three feeds.
Status Updates. Text only status updates from your friends. No pictures, links, videos, etc. More or less what we had before, but gutted.
News Feed. Posts displayed using a "popularity" filter similar to Google. If you have a small friends list, or your friends don't comment or "like" anything often, this list will get stale quick.
Live Feed. Absolutely everything. Jane friended Bob. Bob became a fan of Naked Mud-Slinging Hamster Wrestling. Jane unfriended Bob.
Everything you do, unless you know enough to turn these settings off and want to be bothered with it, is reported to everyone on your friends list, and, rumor has it, everyone with whom you have a pending friend request, whether you initiated it or not. Totally not cool, and a violation of privacy laws in some areas.
So there you have it. A dripping tap, or a firehose. Useless, in either case.
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Date: 2009-10-27 13:58 (UTC)Status Updates. Text only status updates from your friends. No pictures, links, videos, etc. More or less what we had before, but gutted.
News Feed. Posts displayed using a "popularity" filter similar to Google. If you have a small friends list, or your friends don't comment or "like" anything often, this list will get stale quick.
Live Feed. Absolutely everything. Jane friended Bob. Bob became a fan of Naked Mud-Slinging Hamster Wrestling. Jane unfriended Bob.
Everything you do, unless you know enough to turn these settings off and want to be bothered with it, is reported to everyone on your friends list, and, rumor has it, everyone with whom you have a pending friend request, whether you initiated it or not. Totally not cool, and a violation of privacy laws in some areas.
So there you have it. A dripping tap, or a firehose. Useless, in either case.