Facebook does the Follow button to attract lovers Twitter

Facebook does the Follow button to attract lovers Twitter

Announced the social networking site "Facebook" today announced its intention to replace the name of the subscription button (subscribe) to follow (Follow) and modeled on the micro-blogging site Twitter.

And seeks Facebook officials, according to observers through this change to encourage users to follow celebrities and other public figures on Facebook instead of Twitter. Because the phrase "subscribe" were not clear to many users of the Facebook service.

According to developers the largest networking site in the world, the term is "follow-up", which Twitter was a pioneer in the use, is the most widely used on various social networking platforms, Ctoatr, Anstagram and other.

The company said that the button "Continue" new will have the same effect as a button "subscribe" traditional, any public updates published by the celebrities will appear on the Diary users observers, and the company explained that this change will not affect the button "Send a friend request."

The company said in its statement, it will start from today updates the phrase "subscribe" to become a "follow-up" for all users of the site, they found that the new phrase is more appropriate.