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"Facebook is modifying the notification system yet again.  As usual, the application developers will be the ones experiencing the bulk of the change as a result of the changes made.  The result for users?  Less notifications per application - or at least, more quality notifications.  \nAccording to Facebook, the applications will no longer have a static upper limit of 40 notifications per user per day, but the number of notifications displayed will be based on several factors, which are based on feedback garnered from users.  Such feedback looks at what types of notifications users hide, ignore, and report as spam, and these factors will all be considered for the ever-changing notification system.  \nFor the developers, however, this could be seen as a useful set of metrics that will help them all in the long run.  Facebook will be giving app developers stats for the behavior of their notifications, and responsiveness from users.  These metrics will be found under the new Insights tabs, which are scheduled for availability next week.  \nWhile all this tweaking has been rather frustrating for many of the app developers out there, consider it a useful lesson that can be applied to future apps for not only Facebook, but for other networks' platforms as well.  The thing about having a first mover advantage is that everyone else gets to benefit from the ongoing experimentation, which will no doubt be utilized by everyone else that's interested, in some degree, in third-party applications.  \nOne thing that Facebook has not had the first mover advantage for is recommendations, but the popular social network has taken a few cues from LinkedIn.  Facebook has also begun to use the social graph data it's collecting on its users for a more direct, and seemingly non-commercial purpose: suggesting friends.  It's something that could've been added to Facebook long ago, but given the increased amount of interactivity and ability to connect with users outside your networks, it's a feature that's better late than never.  What does this mean, however, for startups like Redux, that have built standalone sites that offer similar functionality through the creation of an entirely new network?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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