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Xbox One site helps you find new friends, envy their success
With multiplayer, multi-platform gaming coming soon across Xbox One and Windows 10, having more friends is always better, right? Microsoft's Major Nelson (Larry Hryb) points out out that the Xbox One website now gives you more chances to find pals and see their feats, thanks to friend suggestions and an activity feed (above). The activity feed is now your account home page by default and shows friends' recent achievement unlocks, clips and more. As for the friend suggestions, you'll see a "people to watch" section showing popular broadcastors and clip creators like, well, Major Nelson. Commenters on Nelson's own activity feed seem to like the change, though one is concerned that it'll turn the console into "FaceBox." We'd argue that Microsoft could take the social aspect much further.
Wii U's Miiverse now lets you post directly from the Activity Feed
The Wii U Miiverse has been updated to allow posting directly to your own Activity Feed, your friends' feeds and that of your followers. Previously, Miiverse users were only able to post messages directly to the communities surrounding specific games. Unlike the Miiverse communities surrounding individual games, Activity Feeds serve as a social networking vehicle on Wii U and are tied to your Wii U friends, not particular games. Your Activity Feed, for example, is only displayed to your friends and those who follow you on Wii U. Nintendo has been steadily iterating upon the Miiverse since its introduction last year. The last significant update doubled the amount of characters each message could contain and prior to that, web profile customization was added. Nintendo has said that it expects to launch Miiverse on 3DS sometime this year.
