Facebook Friendship Pages made me cry, it will probably make you cry too.
Facebook has launched a new and very cool feature called Friendship Pages. Whenever a friend posts on your wall and vice versa you will see a little link that says; 'see friendship' - this takes you to a 'Friendship Page'. Friendship Pages is a wonderful way of remembering the depths of your relationship with people who you share your Facebook with.
When I viewed my relationship with my husband, Immad Akhund, Facebook pulled in our wedding photo as the main photo for our shared page. It also populated the page with events we had attended, comments we made and even Facebook Pages we had in common. This was a lovely nostalgia fueled trip down memory lane - especially good for Immad as his longterm memory sucks.
Facebook has become much more cluttered and this feature takes away the digging needed to see your relationship with a friend. You can also search and view relationships between your friends and their friends. But do not worry, people can only see the information that you have given access too.
Be warned this does get a little addictive. After 'aaawwwing' my way through mine and Immad's relationship, I looked at mine and my sisters, Mahumuda's Friendship Page. This time it made me cry a little, the last two events we had attended together was so long ago. She lives in London and I am here in San Francisco, yes I miss her a lot.
There are only a few people I would want to do this search for. Also the thought of mine and Immad's friends having access to view our Friendship Page freaks me out a little, for no other reason then the fact that they would probably feel nauseous from all the icky-love. In our defense these posts were made over the duration of 4 years and is presented in a more concentrated form on our Friendship Page.
*sick bucket please*
I can only see myself using Friendship Pages infrequently. I am uncertain if pushing this feature into such a prominent position (profile page under each wall post) is a brilliant idea. This feels more like a trend/fad then a integral feature. Friendship Pages would have defiantly made a killer application and will certainly increase user engagement but to be a vital organ it needs to perform a stronger function. It would be interesting to see if Facebook views this as a platform and allows others to build on top of it.
Everything aside, Facebook Friendship Pages brilliantly brings home the message that, Facebook is once again all about your friends.
