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Facebook now has @reply functionality, what next Twitter?
Brandon DavenportFacebook has always been the big friendly giant of the Social networking industry. It is still the #3 or 4 site on the internet and yet fails to continue to implement original features.
Twitter, on the other hand, is the little guy, and ever since little tweetie managed to bloat into the latest internet sensation, it caught facebooks eye. Facebook had only one option, smuther twitter, and it is starting to do just that. The new layout, facebook lite, and now this?
What is twitter going to do. It was their idea, a very good one at that, and facebook takes it and runs. Facebook seriusly needs to start getting their act together and make something origional, or people are going to leave. No-one liked the new layout, and i think this is just going to confuse people.
The whole reason they go to facebook is they don't like twitter and doing this will just add something new to the site that will bloat it even more...
Here is Facebook engineer Tom Occhino’s explanation of the new feature:
Now, when you are writing a status update and want to add a friend’s name to something you are posting, just include the “@” symbol beforehand. As you type the name of what you would like to reference, a drop-down menu will appear that allows you to choose from your list of friends and other connections, including groups, events, applications and Pages. Soon, you’ll be able to tag friends from applications as well. The “@” symbol will not be displayed in the published status update or post after you’ve added your tags.
Friends you tag in your status updates will receive a notification and a Wall post linking them to your post. They also will have the option to remove tags of themselves from your posts. We hope that tagging your status updates and others posts from the Publisher will enable you to share in a more meaningful and engaging way, and connect with even more people. We’re rolling this feature out over the course of the next few weeks, so you may not see the new feature just yet.
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