Boston, MA 10/02/2013 (wallstreetpr) – Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), an American Multinational company is widely known for its only product, which helps many users to get connected with other users across the globe. The product, a social networking website known as Facebook is at present the most popular website of its kind. With the help of the attractive and good looking interface of the website, any user can share their updates on their individual timelines letting others know the current status or current happening in one’s life. The social networking company recently added a newly developed feature in its website. By using this feature a person can edit his / her status updates which were posted at an earlier time. It was not possible for a user to edit a status update earlier. However, comments posted beneath a status or a photo update was editable. And this feature was incorporated last year. This feature carries certain advantages and also on the flip side it has certain disadvantages.
Some experts have already raised their voice against this new feature update of Facebook citing concerns related to misuse. Status updates now can be very easily fabricated for some wrong reasons. A user may have commented on a status update or liked the same but after the comments has been posted, the status update can be easily changed which may carry an entirely different message. As per Kieran Hannon Director of eSocialMedia, “The latest update from Facebook to allow editing of posts after they have been published raises some real concerns amongst individuals I know and business clients of mine.”
Earlier when this feature was not available, a user, in order to get rid of the typo or grammatical errors in his/her status had to delete the earlier update entirely and repost a new one which led to the loss of all the comments likes on the earlier post. This newly incorporated feature will allow edit and rectify the same update. This is much helpful to users who access Facebook from their mobile phones and are prone to typing errors.
