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Next week will Facebook main page new design, but it has not led to an outcry and protest actions.

11. March is D-day for Facebook, specifically the Design Day. Then updates on users' home pages, and faster dissemination of news from the friends network. How Facebook is set up today, the event list is updated once every ten minutes.

It is to be changed in the redesigned by Facebook, the pace increased considerably in the new version.

"The new home page lets you see everything that is shared by your friends and relations while it's on"
Printer Facebook founder Mark Zucker Berg on the Facebook blog.

It should also be possible to restrict the flow of news from people or organizations you are not so eager to hear from.

Filters allow you to screen out those who only makes noise on Facebook, without having to kick them out of the friend list.
After redesigned to news feeds in about a time they happen. The change of service rate also has another purpose. To bring Facebook into the world of location-based services, one wet dream for marketers.

- We are now in a phase where we think the pace will increase, in the future location-based services to be even more present, "said Zucker Berg during a press conference.

More like Twitter

In the course of next week, Facebook will make changes that address the specific mini-blogging service Twitter, writing news News Factor. The change will make it possible for companies and organizations to use Facebook in the way they want.

On Twitter, it is easy for a company, such as thin clients, to have a contact with those outside their readers. A quick update of the Twitter account send messages of up to 140 characters to thousands of users.

Thus, there is a sharp distinction between what is called friends on Facebook, and what is called public figures. They are public figures going to be able to connect to a far greater number of people than those who only have friends.

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The contact between public figures and their følgere is also less than the personal contact between friends.

The dilemma of having too many friends on Facebook became a reality for Lene Alexandra Øien, who was temporarily kicked out of Facebook. When she turned a certain number of "friends" on Facebook, it was regarded as spamming and not PR of Facebook.

Want to avoid trouble

When Facebook updates, it is rarely quiet in the ranks. After the change of design in the last year, thousands of people gathered in groups to protest against the changes.
This time bet on Facebook to play it safe and share their amendments with the users before they happen.

A preview of how the changes will look on the web, and Facebook Team invites users to provide feedback.