Social networking giant Facebook has added a share function to its “like” button that appears on third-party sites.
The change will mean that when you hit the Like button, a full story with a headline, blurb and thumbnail will be shown on a profile screen. Previously only a link would be shown to friends.
The change will undoubtedly mean publishers will be seeing more traffic to their websites as a result.
“The Like button lets a user share your content with friends on Facebook. When the user clicks the Like button on your site, a story appears in the user’s friends’ News Feed with a link back to your website,” Facebook writes on its site.
The company has said it wants to use the “Like” button going forward, eventually favouring it over the “Share” button.
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