Facebook all set to go out in open ?

The web is abuzz with the news that facebook is up to a new change . This is on the heels of an announcement that sometime tomorrow , the social media giant is all set to announce major changes in it’s user privacy policies and that it is going to unveil an all new Facebook search that will be live and on par with the Twitter search that is currently ruling the roost there .This was clearly demonstrated by the netizens when there was a huge set of people looking for information on the Iranian Elections or MJ’s death , they found twitter search very useful and facebook , well , ‘very private’ . So what is behind this hugely hyped change and what can we expect from the press briefing tomorrow ?

First up , let us try and understand that ever since Twitter came on to the scene , the going has been tough for all the other social media players and with very valid reasons .The very fact that everyone’s updates was available on the public timeline unless the user locks his/her updates makes twitter eons ahead of everybody else . That in itself has limitless possibilities for getting information , getting credible sources of information and connecting with them very easy and available at the beck and call of a user . Then the mining ability of the twitter search engine is simply incredible and the precision and volume of data returned is simply mind blowing to say the least ! This was demonstrated and widely acknowledged when the Iran Elections and MJ’s demise were being searched for on the net . Twitter clearly came up trumps over even Google . There are also things like there are no restrictions on how many people can follow you and how many you can follow . That and the really simple sign on process with the sea of clients available make Twitter the killer that it is .

So here is what I think Facebook is gonna do tomm .First up , Like Mashable says ; they will rush in an option to make updates public . Next they will unveil the “new” facebook search .This I think is in line with their continuing efforts to mimic twitter .But there are questions like , most of us have a twitter app or a tweetdeck type app updating both twitter and facebook statuses , wont that make the search totally time consuming with duplicates to wade through ? Next is , what is facebook gonna do about friend limits and update frequency limits which are currently at very low levels ? What is the point of power , when no one can use it ? Let us wait , tomorrow as they say , is another day !!

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