Facebook is about to introduce new homepage design soon. This is a very welcomed step, since Facebook promises to offer new filtering and highlighting capabilities to combat the ever-growing amount of information. "About time!", I say. Have a look at the following screenshot that explains it all (more screenshots here):
Facebook vs. Twitter: Open war?
If you look "behind the scenes" a bit, Facebook is trying to deliver a more Twitter-like experience, changing the "Status" to more liberating "What's on your mind?". Maybe there is no need for two social networks when one could offer the functionality of both...?
At the same time, Facebook is going to recommend you information about certain friends that you communicate with the most. This means we are probably about to lose a bit of control of who gets what preference on our homepage.
Facebook -> Google -> Microsoft
These are certainly tiny details, but aren't they a bit controversial? If you look further into the future: When does the time come that a nice and friendly company becomes ugly and evil? Look at Microsoft or Google that is potentially on the way to the other extreme. Does this happen to all companies, because we like small and new and hate big and powerful?
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