This evening I attended the fourth D.C. Techcocktail and when I returned I logged into Facebook and an entire album of photos from the night had already been uploaded and tagged appropriately. What I also noticed was a new feature that I hadn’t seen before: the ability to see what other users were tagged within that album. The feature also lets you view the specific photos that any individual has been tagged in.
It’s a small change but for Facebook it’s a huge upgrade given that they are currently the most popular photo sharing site on the web. Facebook rarely makes large upgrades to their site but minor ones like this can make all the difference. If you went to an event, it’s frequent that multiple photos will show up in an album but it’s difficult to single out an individual within the album.
While it’s not as big as the first step on the moon, it’s surely one small step that will make a big difference and impact the more than 150 million users on the site. One other great thing about posting your photos is that you still own the content according to Facebook, so upload away and do so on Facebook’s dime!
Also with no way to export your photos from Facebook, there’s a good chance that you’ll be on the site for a long time to come.
Update
One reader says that this feature isn’t new but it sure is for me. Have you seen this feature previously? Let us know if we are off here!
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Nick,
Great to see you tonight at TECH Cocktail 4!
Comment by Debbie Weil — February 26, 2009 @ 6:58 pm
eem… sorry to burst your bubble, but that's been there for several months now
I agree that it's a noticable improvement over how it used to work
Comment by Luka Kladaric — February 26, 2009 @ 6:59 pm
this already been a while at fb
Comment by Faizal Rahman — February 26, 2009 @ 7:04 pm
new facebook update: now can update status from Home canvas
Comment by Faizal Rahman — February 26, 2009 @ 8:29 pm
It used to be text only and I don't think it had a per person count. So the new presentation certainly is a huge improvement.
Comment by Eric Godfrey — February 26, 2009 @ 11:03 pm
It has been on here for a few months now, sorry Nick!
Comment by Christos Winter — February 26, 2009 @ 11:24 pm
yes u r off, by around 3 months..
Comment by Teasel — February 27, 2009 @ 1:07 am
yes, this feature was added a couple of months ago now! before, the names of people tagged were there, but just in a simple text list. at the same time, they added 2 new options (something like 'post album to profile' and 'send album to someone').
more recently, they finally added the ability to leave comments on an album (and not just on a picture). plus, photo and album comments now show up in the news feed.
Comment by Paul M — February 27, 2009 @ 2:23 am
Yup – I'm afraid I've been seeing it for quite a while too now Nick. Sorry!
Comment by Daryl Griffiths — February 27, 2009 @ 4:38 am
Yeah, I love this feature. I've loved it since it appeared months ago. And yes, it did used to be text only. It was always there with text links, but has been with pictures for several months.
Comment by Dan Jones — February 27, 2009 @ 5:54 am
Yeah – that's been there – can you still see people's collections within the album even if that person has "don't allow anyone to see photos tagged of me"?
Comment by Facebook User — February 27, 2009 @ 6:08 am
Yeah… this has been around for qhite a while… it use to be just a small list and not so prominent with the user profile photos.
Comment by Byron — February 27, 2009 @ 11:50 am
Its been there since for ever
sorry dude.
Comment by Zafarali Ahmed — February 27, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
yea its been there since late late last year.
Comment by Dustin Burleson — March 1, 2009 @ 10:36 am
I'm not longer seeing the number of pictures per person as before.
Has this feature change recently?
I had seen empty albums (0 photos) with people shown in the "In This Album" list.
Do you have any ideas on how can this be possible?
Comment by Andres Martinez — July 13, 2011 @ 6:50 pm