Facebook Gets Twitterized With 'Subscribe' Feature

Now you can follow strangers' public updates

Facebook is trying to give Twitter a run for its money with a new feature that will allow users to “subscribe” to others’ public updates—essentially the Facebook version of a Twitter “follow.”

On its official blog, Facebook explained that the new feature will give users greater control over their news feeds, allowing them to see updates from specific friends, pick what kinds of updates they see (for instance, just photos from one friend or only important updates from another), and choose the frequency of updates.

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