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First screenshots of the new tabbed Facebook Profile page

As we mentioned yesterday, a big change coming up at Facebook this spring will be a revamping of the Profile page. While the implications of these changes for application developers are still unclear, Facebook today released the first screenshots of the new, tabbed, Profile page.
Facebook has divided the profile in these caps into “About”, […]

As we mentioned yesterday, a big change coming up at Facebook this spring will be a revamping of the Profile page. While the implications of these changes for application developers are still unclear, Facebook today released the first screenshots of the new, tabbed, Profile page.

Facebook has divided the profile in these caps into “About”, “Wall”, and “Photos.”

  • The Wall tab contains what is currently called the Mini Feed, friends box, and application profile boxes.  I’m guessing Facebook will limit the number of application profile boxes that can appear on the Wall tab pretty strictly. Facebook has also hinted that applications will have a greater range of publishing options on the new “Wall.”
  • The About tab contains consolidated and rearranged Info fields, which tend to be more static. “About Me” now has its own section, at the top of the page.
  • Interestingly, applications can also get tabs. How a user adds your app to a tab is not yet clear. The number of possible tabs that apps can use will probably be small.

Clearly, the new Facebook profile page favors communication over static self expression. What this means for the developer community and the Platform economy as  a whole remains to be seen.

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