Facebook Launches Open Graph Built-In Follow Action

Facebook announced Wednesday that it is launching another tool for developers to promote discussion through their applications: the open graph built-in follow action. Now people can follow the stories people post within apps through their news feed, timeline, and notifications.

Facebook announced Wednesday that it is launching another tool for developers to promote discussion through their applications: the open graph built-in follow action. Now people can follow the stories people post within apps through their news feed, timeline, and notifications.

Facebook Software Engineer Yariv Sadan posted about the new feature Wednesday afternoon on the social network’s developers blog. He offered the example within a food review app on Facebook. If you want to follow a certain restaurant critic who posts there, simply click the “follow” button:

When you follow someone this way, you will receive a notification indicating that you have successfully followed them, and the action will show up in your activity box.

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