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Re:The Facebook Open Stream API by snprbob86 on Monday April 27, 2009 @05:25PM (#582145)
They have added an asymmetric relationship: "fans" rather than "friends". It's a matter of better surfacing it and making it available for individuals, not just "Pages"

EDIT: I was right, there is a new "Subscribe to John" link on profiles today.

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Re:The Facebook Open Stream API by ivankirigin on Monday April 27, 2009 @07:38PM (#582321)
Yeah, I noted the stress on pages too. I didn't know they applied it to people.

"Fans" has way too much weight to it. "People you follow" and "followers" is actually a very straightforward description of the relationship on twitter. Facebook should change their terminology. This is a case of legacy hurting ideal design. They've had "fans" for some time.

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