Facebook Launches Extended Profile
Posted by Nick O'Neill on January 16th, 2008 2:55 PMFacebook had previously announced that they would be launching an extended profile feature that limits the number of profile boxes that appear on your profile. This afternoon the new feature launched. I logged in and viewed my profile and the first thing that was displayed in the following dialog box:
I decided to test out the feature and it automatically hid my application boxes. On the right hand side of my profile, the applications that were checked automatically moved under my profile wall and were reduced to a simple link that said “show more profile boxes.” At the top of my profile there was text notifying me of the “Edit extended profile.” Clicking that link resulted in the following pop-up menu:
This new feature is great for those that have a cluttered profile. For application developers though, this ability may have an adverse effect resulting in the automatic hiding of their application’s profile box across most of their users’ profiles. Do you like the new feature?
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January 16th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
FB is getting out of hand, and maybe this extended profile feature helps, but I’m still getting invited to afterlives and having sheep thrown at me.
January 16th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Doesn’t look like they’ve shipped it to the UK just yet…
January 16th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
FB is getting out of hand, and maybe this extended profile feature helps, but I’m still getting invited to afterlives and having sheep thrown at me.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
The New Extended Profile…
Nick O’Neill covers the roll-out of the “extended profile” along with some nice screen shots.
He mentions the consequences for app developers and, by extension, brands. Is it a problem?
It can’t be seen yet, but as developers, …
January 16th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
I like the new feature. It is another step to let the engaging and useful apps shine. Users will want to show off apps that have great content in the profile box. I think this will help apps like Big Photo, which people will want to show off, while it will hurt Vibrating Hamster, which probably won’t make the cut. After using the feature a little, I think it could be more intuitive. When removing apps from my extended profile, Facebook would automatically add a different app (to keep the same number of apps or size I assume). This was not explained well and it was hard for me to figure out which app they put on the extended profile.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Doesn’t look like they’ve shipped it to the UK just yet…
January 16th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
The New Extended Profile…
Nick O’Neill covers the roll-out of the “extended profile” along with some nice screen shots.
He mentions the consequences for app developers and, by extension, brands. Is it a problem?
It can’t be seen yet, but as developers, …
January 16th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
I like the new feature. It is another step to let the engaging and useful apps shine. Users will want to show off apps that have great content in the profile box. I think this will help apps like Big Photo, which people will want to show off, while it will hurt Vibrating Hamster, which probably won’t make the cut. After using the feature a little, I think it could be more intuitive. When removing apps from my extended profile, Facebook would automatically add a different app (to keep the same number of apps or size I assume). This was not explained well and it was hard for me to figure out which app they put on the extended profile.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
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January 16th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
I have several friends that need to clean up their pages. I don’t even check them because it’s going to take a few mins to load.
January 16th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
I have several friends that need to clean up their pages. I don’t even check them because it’s going to take a few mins to load.
January 17th, 2008 at 3:47 am
Haven’t been rolled out in Germany yet. Waiting for that desperately …
January 17th, 2008 at 4:47 am
Haven’t been rolled out in Germany yet. Waiting for that desperately …
January 17th, 2008 at 5:28 am
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January 17th, 2008 at 7:28 am
this is a business move. if you have more apps under your profile page and newsfeed page, the value of the skyscraper on that real estate will be diminished. looks to me this area generates high-volume in page views and could be the most valuable real estate for fb. having said that, competition for app developers will be tougher going forward.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:28 am
this is a business move. if you have more apps under your profile page and newsfeed page, the value of the skyscraper on that real estate will be diminished. looks to me this area generates high-volume in page views and could be the most valuable real estate for fb. having said that, competition for app developers will be tougher going forward.
January 18th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Still no UK roll out…
January 18th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Still no UK roll out…
January 30th, 2008 at 3:28 am
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September 6th, 2008 at 12:12 am
hi