Facebook “Mentions” Feature Shows What Friends Are Talking About
Ever wonder how many of your Facebook friends are currently discussing Justin Bieber’s luscious locks? Well, wonder no more. Facebook is currently testing a feature that will combine updates about similar topics in your News Feed for easy browsing. The feature was spotted today by Forbes , and confirmed by Facebook =) , who told us: “This feature looks for certain phrases in the text of feed stories and combines them into one story if it finds matches. It’s currently being tested with a very small percentage of people.” So, basically, if your friends Kimberly and Tiffani both gush about the Biebs on Facebook, a post will appear in your News Feed that tells you that your friends both mentioned the teen star, links to his official Facebook Page and shows your friends’ continued convo below. The feature is very similar to what currently occurs when more than one friend shares the same link. None of us at Mashable are privy to these features yet, so we’re e...