“Highlights” Blindness
I wanted to write a quick thought I had about the relatively new Facebook Highlights section. I have been using the new redesign for quite awhile now and for the most part its still as annoying as it was when it rolled out. I do like some of the features but the chat is still horrendous, the constantly updating feed is distracting and photos are harder to upload. But the one thing that is so annoying and just a complete waste of good website space is the ubiquitous Hightlights section.
It sits on the right hand side of your screen eschewing more useless information than the United Nations at a security counsel meeting discussing Iran. Have you hidden folks from your normal feed? Not to worry they will eventually find their way to your highlights section! Its kind of like the kid you don’t invite to your party but he shows anyway.
Before I start to rant too much. I wanted to mention a curious behavior I noticed about this feature. It has become so useless to me that I have developed a form of banner blindness to it. I barely if ever even take a glance at it and even click on the links less.
Oh - how I wish I could just turn it off or replace it with some relevant advertising…
