Share Share Facebook announced some changes on Wednesday that are intended to make the Internet more social. Essentially, Facebook is stretching out into the rest of the Web.
But what do these new features actually mean for everyday people who use the Internet?
And when you see these Facebook-looking features popping up on other Web sites, how do you know what to do with them?
Here's a quick guide, based on a comments by Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and CEO, and interviews with developers who create applications for the massively popular social-networking site:
"Like" buttons
Buttons with the word "like" and a thumbs-up icon on them are going to start popping up all over the Internet. By clicking one, you indicate that you find the content interesting, relevant or helpful. Basically, you would recommend it to a friend.
Before Wednesday, "like" buttons only were on Facebook. Now, they'll be all over the place, including on this site. When you click one, you post the item -- whether it's a blog post, photo or celebrity web page -- to your Facebook news feed.
The "liked" content may also become part of your Facebook profile, and visible to your friends or to everyone, depending on how your privacy settings are configured on Facebook.
Hey Facebook: What about a 'dislike' button?
Friends' faces
A consequence of these "like" buttons will be that your friends' Facebook profile photos will start showing up all over the web.
If you see your friends' smiling faces online, it's an indication that they have clicked a "like" button on the Web site you're visiting. In a way, they're recommending it to you.
Facebook users will be able to share interests across the web
Facebook says these recommendations and social connections are the basis for the future of the Internet. Boring old hyperlinks are becoming something of the past, the company says.
No log-ins
These new Facebook features will show up regardless of whether or not you have entered a user name and password on a particular Web site.
So, say you go to Pandora to listen to music. If you have logged in to Facebook recently, you won't have to do anything on Pandora to see suggestions about music. Recommendations from your Facebook friends will automatically show up.
Source:CNN
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