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Facebook has rolled out its much awaited new feature of tagging people. Lets just say Twitter is happy with this and just to make it a tad different from them, Facebook has removed the mention of ‘@’ symbol. Otherwise, its all the same.

Instead of you having to remember the person’s name (like in Twitter), here all you have to do is remember the first letter and Facebook lets down an auto-suggestion box for you to choose from. This new feature not only allows you to tag friends but also groups, events, meetups and lot more.

Just click the person/event/group from the drop down suggestion box and thats pretty much it. Unlike Twitter, you will not have ‘@’ symbol mentioned. I feel kind of indifferent towards this as ‘@’ is pretty much a traditional symbol in the chat lingo if you want to refer someone.

Theres one downside though. You cant use this feature in the comments box. You cannot mention people during your comments. This feature applies only for your status and friend’s walls. Facebook is right now looking into enabling it into the comments section as well. Too many mentions you think? Let me know.

Pushkar