Last week Friday Facebook quietly implemented certain changes to the way information is displayed on users’ homepages in an attempt to make it easier to find information.

By using a special algorithm the new Facebook homepage displays more relevant posts.  The more likes, comments or interactions a post has within your network, the more likely it is to appear in your Newsfeed.  This means that posts receiving the most attention within your network will be displayed in the Newsfeed of your network and will engage more users in the conversation.  Peter Deng, a Facebook product manager said “If the content has comments or ‘likes’ by 10 of your mutual friends, it’s something that is important to you.”

Certain old features that have been brought back on request of users include notifications for when friends are tagged in photos, when friends become fans of pages or join groups and when they add a friend.  “Nothing is going away,” Deng said, “we are just moving things around.”

Facebook have removed the Highlights tab on the right hand side and created separate tabs for the Newsfeed and real-time events in a Live Feed.  Next to the Live Feed is a counter keeping track of the number of unread posts in your Live Feed.  The space freed up by the removal of the Highlights tab will be used to display events like birthdays more prominently.

There has been some negative feedback, but I suppose you can’t please everyone.  Over half a million people have joined the group ‘Change Facebook Back To Normal.’  What do you think of the changes?