Subscribe to a Person’s Facebook Profile
What the heck does this mean? Well, it’s comparable to clicking the Like button on a Page you want to follow. So if you want to follow a Person’s status reports without becoming Friends, you can subscribe to them.
This is an optional function. Not everyone is going to have a Subscribe button because they either don’t know about it yet or they don’t want it. This is a great add-on for people who have reached their 5000 limit. (Celebrity status type folks.)
If you are already Friends with someone, then you are automatically subscribed, of course.
Why did Facebook add it? It’s a function to work like Twitter and the Google +1. Social Media sites are always looking to out-do each other, I quess. It’s to “follow” someone.
If you would like to add the Subscribe button to your Profile go here:
https://www.facebook.com/about/subscribe and click on the big button on the right of the page. Be sure to take the time to check the set up for exactly who it is that can subscribe. You do have control over this.
