UPDATED 15:00 EDT / OCTOBER 20 2010

Facebook Photo Updates Continue to Manage Your Social Life For You

Facebook has made a couple of changes to its Photo features in response to high volume requests and suggestions from millions of users around the globe. The social networking sensation continuously revamps different elements to keep up with the clamor of its followers and to set the trend as well. This is evident with the launch of the much anticipated feature: the drag-and-drop organizing of albums.

Before drag-and-drop was introduced, users would have to just settle with the automatic sequencing of their albums and photos. It is actually sorted by date it was uploaded or updated with new photos. Now, you can manually adjust album sequence, placing your nice-looking album first in line. This is a fairly good update that will give more authority to the user to customize the albums.

Another feature that has just experienced enhancement is the Facebook Photo Memories. Funny, but issue of exes has clogged the request panel of Facebook Photo Team. The launch of Photo Memories sidebar apparently hopes to aid users to reunite with long lost pals from the past, see how they progress since the last time you saw each other, and check out photos they may have missed. However, several Facebook users have whined about this feature that displays photos of their exes and the social network has responded immediately.

Facebook CEO has expressed that even with a solid team, they met a lot of challenges of utilizing algorithms to customize clusters of close friend in Facebook. “I’d like to let you know that we’re listening to your feedback. The photo memories product no longer shows tagged photos of your friends if you were previously in a relationship with them.” This was the statement made (in response to various requests received) by Sam Odio, Facebook Photos Project Manager.

As much as Facebook tries to manage our social lives, there’s only so much an algorithm can do.  As we all know, a good deed never goes unpunished.  Facebook has recently taken the liberty of determining who you may or may not send a friend request to, seemingly depending on their level of importance.  There appear to be a couple of features that will block you from sending a friend request if you’re not worthy, similar to LinkedIn, but without the opportunity of proving yourself.  It looks like Facebook is having to undergo a “friending” transformation similar to Twitter, which led up to new blocking and reporting options, as well as Verified Accounts.  OK, Daddy Facebook. What’s next?


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