After aping Twitter hashtags, Facebook tests 'trending' on its homepage

This section is similar to 'Twitter trends' where the most discussed topics on the
 social networking

 site are displayed.

Facebook is
on a roll. Just two
 months after
 introducing the
not-so-innovative
 hashtags, they are
 now testing a
 trending section
 on the homepage.
A Facebook
 spokesperson
confirmed the test
 on Friday to
 Wall Street Journal.
This section is
similar to 'Twitter
 trends' where the
 most discussed
 topics on the social
 networking
 site are displayed.
The section also includes most-used hashtags
apart from topics.
Twitter trends are very useful to
 track real-time conversations on
current news and events.
In the report, the spokesperson
said that this feature is rolled out
 to only a small percentage of US
users. She further added that it is
too early to give out more details as the feature is in its initial stages of development.
This year, Facebook has bought out many new Twitter-like features including
 hashtags andembed post. The social networking site has also come out with Facebook Home,
an intrusive mobile version of the site which was not well received by many.
Facebook is also rumoured to be testing a service that will allow you to make online purchases
 through your mobile devices just by using your Facebook log-in details. This pilot system could give competition to PayPal which pioneers e-commerce right now.