Facebook unveils major app redesign

[Jamie McKane]

Facebook unveils major app redesign

Facebook Inc. unveiled a redesign that focuses on the Groups feature of its main social network, doubling down on a successful but controversial part of its namesake app — and another sign that Facebook is moving toward more private, intimate communication.

The changes, announced Tuesday at the annual F8 conference in San Jose, California, make Groups a bigger part of the Facebook user experience.

[Bloomberg]

 

[Hamster]

Facebook "forums". The tried and tested social media format that everything always reverts back to.

 

[RedViking]

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Facebook and Private

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Does not go together.

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[Gudnews]

The Web client has served my needs well enough.

 

[Johnatan56]

Facebook will unveil a slew of other new features on Tuesday. The company’s Dating service is getting a new feature called Secret Crush that lets people “express interest in” up to nine of their Facebook friends. If one of these users has opted into Facebook Dating, they will get a notification saying someone has a crush on them. If that person adds the original admirer to their Secret Crush list, Facebook makes a match — digitally, at least. Facebook Dating, which was announced at last year’s F8, is still free to users.

This sounds quite exploitable...