Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Facebook takes on Timehop with nostalgic 'On This Day' page

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Facebook could get a little more nostalgic. The social network is currently testing a feature that will let users take a trip through the past, viewing the highlights of what they and their friends were up to exactly one year prior to the current date. The history feature — currently called "On This Day" — has begun appearing as a viewing option in select users' News Feeds. They won't be seeing mundane updates though: Facebook appears to be picking out stories with plenty of likes and comments, and leaving the more forgettable entries in the past. It's a riff on a small feature that Facebook previously tested, though in its prior incarnation, it only displayed status updates.


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/31/4574482/facebook-testing-on-this-day-history-tab-news-feed

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