Will Real-Time Change Facebook User Behavior? - Mashable

Sun, Mar 8th, 2009

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With some fanfare, Facebook announced major updates to the Facebook homepage. Facebook News Feed now goes the way of the dinosaurs and is being replaced by Facebook Stream, which will pour status updates, photos, events, and even highlights onto your homepage. But why is Facebook doing this and what will it mean for users? And most of all, will a real-time homepage really change Facebook user behavior?

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