Teaching Facebook

We recently launched new features in the right column of apps on Facebook to to make them more engaging and social.

1. An app ticker appears lets you see your friends’ app activity in real time. It refreshes as soon as things happen to keep you up to date.
2. A set of bookmarks to your favorite apps also shows up at the top of the right column. Now you can switch to another app with one click.

When you use games and apps, the ticker on the right-hand column shows your friends’ app activity in real time. Click each update to see a full version of the story.

You can only see stories about friends who are using games and apps on Facebook in this section. And when you use games and apps, other friends who are using apps can see your activity in their app tickers, too.

Your can control who sees activity for each game and app you use from your Application Settings. Click on the app you would like to edit settings for, then use the dropdown menu next to App privacy to select who can see posts from that app.

Our goal is to always provide content that’s interesting and current. We’ll continue to experiment with the rate at which we refresh the live updates section on the right-hand column when you play games and apps.

When you first enter an app, we show you stories that are most relevant to that app. As you continue to use the app, we broaden the content to include updates from friends using apps that you play and some you haven’t installed.

You can only see stories about friends who are using games and apps on Facebook in this section. And when you use games and apps, other friends who are using apps can see your activity in their ticker, too.

These are the same app bookmarks that show up on your home page. The red notifications on the bookmarks show you the number of outstanding requests you have in that app. If you don’t see a bookmark for an app you use here, you can find it under the aggregate icon on the right end of the row of bookmarks.

The ticker may include Sponsored Stories that may or may not be about to games.

To control which stories about you show up in the ticker either:

1. Choose who can see stories for each app you use.
   All activity in the app ticker respects the privacy preferences you choose in your Application Settings.
   
   When you visit this panel, you’ll see that each app offers an app privacy section. That app can only publish stories to people within the audience you choose from the dropdown menu. If you choose to hide your app activity from certain people, then those people won’t be able to see your activity in their app ticker. If you choose 'Only Me' under 'Customize,' no one else will see stories about your interaction with that app.
2. Remove stories by clicking 'x'.
   You also have the option to remove stories from the app ticker after they’re posted. To do that, just click the 'x' in the upper left corner of the post when you see it in your app ticker.

Any friend using an app of a similar type (game or non-game) can see similar stories within this section pending your applications privacy settings.

Your can control who sees activity for each game and app you use from your Application Settings. Click on the app you would like to edit settings for, then use the dropdown menu next to App privacy to select who can see posts from that app.