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About a year ago, we told you about an upcoming site redesign, and asked you to check out our preview group. We received great feedback from that group, so right now, we wanted to let you know about some changes that we're working on, and invite you to check out some previews in a new Facebook Page.

The big project at Facebook these days is a redesign of Profiles. As more and more information is available on Facebook—more photo albums, more applications, and more history—we've realized that profiles have become cluttered and harder to navigate as a result. We're trying to make profiles more simple and relevant, while still giving you control over your profile and how you express yourself. We want to invite you to keep up with our design and iteration on the new Facebook Profiles Preview Page.

On the Preview Page, you can check out some screen shots of our starting points: tabbed profiles which allow a certain amount of structure for things like basic info and personal info; a Wall tab where your Wall posts, recent activity, and other content can be published; and additional tabs where you can feature your favorite applications.

If you choose to become a fan of Facebook Profiles Previews, you'll receive weekly updates about the current state of the Profile. We'll be posting updated screen shots about once a week as well.

As for feedback, we realized last year that we had trouble keeping up with the discussion boards in the preview group. So instead, we've turned off the discussion boards and are asking that you send feedback directly to us, where we can easily sort through your comments. We'll provide info on what people are saying and try to answer any questions that come up a lot.

Check out the Profiles Preview Page now.


Carolyn is Facebook's resident blogger.