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Now, Facebook might go even further than planned, essentially returning to something very similar to the previous design. After speaking with Facebook sources, VentureBeat reports that “information from the “highlights” section will be integrated back into the stream, in some sort of combination of status updates and everything else on the site.”
Why the change? Well, it turns out a lot of Facebook’s 200 million users aren’t like us – keeping the site open constantly or watching updates stream in real-time through a desktop client like TweetDeck or Seesmic Desktop. In turn, the concern is that these less active users are missing out on a lot of updates from friends, which, means less value from the service