Facebook shows some commenters how they're connected

Facebook is testing a way to show users how they are connected to people who comment on their friends’ posts. In a few instances, we’ve seen comments displaying descriptions like “2 mutual friends” next to a person’s name.

This is an obvious way for the social network to encourage people to add more friends and could mean the company is looking to make comments on the site more like comments on third-party websites.

The test could also be a response to the “subscribe” feature.

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