Facebook Gets Pushy About Its Automatic Friend Finder
TechCrunch Jan 13 10Have enough friends on Facebook? They don't think so. Today, Facebook has started pushing its Friend Finder tool at the top of the main News Feed when you log in to the service. The feature, which it technically calls the "automatic Friend Finder" suggests you use it by showing you three friends you know that have already used the tool to find new friends too. After that, it has a link to the main Friend Finder tool, which has existed for a while, allowing you to find Facebook friends via email, search, IM, or its own suggestions. Facebook has long included friend recommendations in the Suggestions area of its main page, but never has it been so front and center. Full story...
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