Facebook have started to roll out a new profile page design to its users. Every user has a profile which acts as a hub for their photos, videos, status updates, links they have shared and items that their friends post on their ‘Wall’. The new design rearranges the profile into sections which can be accessed from a menu on the left rather than the previous tabbed interface on the top. Recently tagged photos of the user are shown across the top to make the profile current and add customisation. You can now add even more information to your profile including philosophical views such as religion, people you find inspirational, political views, your favourite quotes, and detailed descriptions of each of these beliefs. You can also add sports you enjoy, and tag friends who you like to do these sports with. The same applies to your favourite ‘activities’. You can now add multiple schools and universities, and tag friends from these places. You can tag friends at your workplaces too, and break down your work and education into individual projects that you have worked on and classes you took, and once again, tag your friends and colleagues.

See the screenshots and a link to the new design after the break!

One thing this screenshot doesn’t show is a vastly widened advertising pane on the right. So this profile design definitely seems to be good for users, but is also a boon for Facebook who are about to gain a whole lot of user data for their ‘Graph’, and in particular, for their targeted advertising.

You can try the social media giant’s latest innovation right now by going to http://www.facebook.com/about/profile

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