• Comment
• Print Article
• Email
• Permalink

Facebook tweaking design. Again.

Written on

Mar 25, 2009 

Author

Edward Barrera  |

Share

Facebook tweaking design. Again.

ADOTAS — It’s not really a mea culpa, but it looks like Facebook has listened somewhat to the kvetching from its users.

According to a new blog post, Facebook said it’s tweaking the design again. The social network will add more control and relevance to the stream. This will include live updating, so a user can have a stream update automatically. Facebook will be adding the ability to turn on auto updating in the near future so you don’t have to refresh the page.

Facebook will also be adding photos tagged of your friends to the stream. This will happen in the coming weeks. It will also be giving you tools to control and reduce application content that your friends share into your stream. While the content filters on the left screen allow you to select the types of content you would like to see, it will eventually give you more control over what’s in your main stream and how you consume it.

They say that they intend to build filters that summarize this activity so you can see a more condensed view of what’s been going on. They’re also working on filtering out some of the wall posts and content directed to specific people to focus more on posts shared with everyone.

“Highlights will update more frequently and will show you more content throughout the day to mirror more closely the content that the earlier News Feed provided.” Uhm. ya’think?

Don’t know what the new tweaks will be look like, but at least it sounds like they’re working on meeting user expectations as well as looking for ad models.  I guess we’ll see.  They’re not going back to the old version, let’s just hope they keep the good and throw out the bad.

Michael Arrington says,  dumb move, “Making users happy is a suckers game. Pushing the envelope is what makes you a winner.” Unless, of course, you’re wrong and your users leave.

– Express your opinion, comment below.

Tags: design, facebook, Michael-Arrington, social-media-marketing and Social-network

• Comment
• Print Article
• Email
• Permalink

Article Sponsor

More News

• Infographic: HootSuite Analyses Social Media Impact of Super Bowl Ads
• Facebook to Serve Mobile Ads in Coming Weeks
• Survey: 39 Percent of Mobile Users Responded to Super Bowl Ads Via Mobile
• Sponsormob Leads the Way Into RTB for Mobile
• Weird Study: Mobile Purchasing While in the Bathroom on the Rise

• Right now, at the beginning of 2012, what are you watching the most closely for its ad and marketing opportunities?

  • Mobile. Smart devices have become standard, and advertising is only going to become more creative there.
  • Online video. It's a real competitor to TV now, and it presents really interesting ways to engage viewers.
  • Social media. The new Facebook timeline and the surge of Google+ have cracked the game wide open again.
  • Tempting as it might be, I don't want to get too involved in one aspect.
  • See, I think this might be a good time to see what would happen if we revisited MySpace, but made the ads slightly bigger... with more strobe effect.

  View Results

   Loading ...

• Polls Archive

Latest News

• Infographic: HootSuite Analyses Social Media Impact of Super Bowl Ads February 7th 2012 ADOTAS - So, it’s the Tuesday after the Super Bowl, [...] more »
• Facebook to Serve Mobile Ads in Coming Weeks February 6th 2012 ADOTAS – According to a Financial Times report, Facebook will [...] more »
• Survey: 39 Percent of Mobile Users Responded to Super Bowl Ads Via Mobile February 6th 2012 ADOTAS - During the Super Bowl yesterday, mobile ad network [...] more »
• Sponsormob Leads the Way Into RTB for Mobile February 3rd 2012 ADOTAS – For more than half a decade, Berlin-based tech [...] more »
• Weird Study: Mobile Purchasing While in the Bathroom on the Rise February 3rd 2012 DM CONFIDENTIAL - According to 11mark, three-quarters of Americans with mobile [...] more »
• This Week’s New Hires February 3rd 2012 ADOTAS – Another week, another round of new gigs. Here [...] more »
• Two Surveys: What Are We Doing with Mobile Devices During the Super Bowl? February 2nd 2012 ADOTAS - With the Super Bowl fast approaching and the [...] more »

News Archive

Features

• How Social Targeting Can Lead to Discovery February 7th 2012
• Video: “The Future of Engagement” Looks at Audi’s #solongvampires Campaign February 7th 2012
• Three Best Practices for Increasing Subscriber Engagement February 7th 2012
• Reaching the Multi-Tasker in 2012 February 6th 2012
• Fuel Social Conversation with Web Content February 6th 2012

Features Archive

Spotlight

Sponsormob Leads the Way Into RTB for MobileADOTAS – For more than half a decade, Berlin-based tech firm Sponsormob has remained relevant in an industry characterized by [...] more...

Reader Favorites

Classifieds

• PS Technical Writer - SEO Data Analyst
• Interactive Project Manager
• Media Buyer
• PHP Software Engineer (Facebook Platform/Social AP
• SEO/Marketing Internship at Green Education Startu

Recent Comments

• Tuesday, February 7 | Duncan/Day Advertising: [...] Messages Ever Work Online? [Econsultancy] 39% of Mobile Users Responded to Super Bowl Ads
• Influencing the Influencers – Joining the Circle of Trust | | SpongecellSpongecell: [...] We must admit, we love talking about interactive marketing, and we jump at the
• Dave Young: You're absolutely correct. However, it can be tough for the smaller brands to generate the
• Cory Grassell: Interesting research that aligns well with recent data that Twitter set an all-time record for