Facebook Launches “I Like This” Feature on Wall and News Feed
Facebook launched today a new default action link on many types of feed stories called “I Like This.” It’s a really simple way for friends to give feedback about which status updates, photos, and notes they like, right in the feed.
The new feature will make it easier for friends to say “I Like This” with the click of a button when they might otherwise leave a regular comment. It will also give Facebook’s feed distribution systems another explicit user feedback signal to take into account when picking feed stories to show to friends.
For application developers, getting a lot of feed stories “liked” may be another way to get more distribution in the feed. Developers are also able to create their own custom “action links” on feed stories they publish in order to increase engagement.
Social feed aggregator FriendFeed‘s “I Like This” feature has been very popular with FriendFeed users since it was introduced. The feature should become popular on Facebook as well.
February 10th, 2009 at 3:01 am
I ‘Like This’ and hope that the Friendfeed flattery continues and that we see introduced a Best-of-Day as that would work well on Facebook! :)
February 10th, 2009 at 3:12 am
hahahah they surely copied this one from Plaxo.com :) I LIKE IT :D
February 10th, 2009 at 7:32 am
Was it launched yesterday at the english version? I have being seen this feature in the spanish version since like a month ago…
February 10th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
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February 11th, 2009 at 3:46 am
Posted Items isn’t available at the moment, introducing a ‘Best of…’ feature to rank popular rated items?! Hopefully as that would make sense in my opinion! :)
February 12th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
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