article_snippet.sent: And years after it was popular, Facebook is bringing back short updates in a new form – the ‘Sidebar status’.
article_snippet.sent: The feature lets users post a short message about what Facebook are doing in a sidebar added to the social network’s mobile app, complete with an illustrative picture, but it's currently only available to selected people for testing.
article_snippet.sent: Facebook's Sidebar status feature (pictured) will let users post a short message about what Facebook's Sidebar status feature (pictured)  are doing in a sidebar added to the social network’s mobile app, complete with an illustrative picture .
article_snippet.sent: The sidebar can be accessed by swiping right on the screen and brings up a user’s most messaged friends.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Millions of people already use The sidebar to quickly find and contact Millions of people friends.
article_snippet.sent: The sidebar can be accessed by swiping right on the screen (news Feed pictured left) and brings up a user’s most messaged friends.
article_snippet.sent: Facebook is testing the service in Taiwan and Australia, where from today, users of the app will see short status messages under short status messages friends’ names,
article_snippet.sent: As well as the addition of the images, the sidebar updates differ from a regular status updates
article_snippet.sent: While the sidebar updates are visible to friends, users can change the privacy settings to determine who sees an update.
article_snippet.sent: For many people, Facebook’s main News Feed hosts information from a large number of contacts and brands as well as friends, and the social network has heard from the social network users that people want a place to see and share smaller updates too.
article_snippet.sent: The idea is that the sidebar is a quick way to keep friends in the loop of what a user is doing and vice versa.
highlights_snippet.sent: Sidebar status is being trialled by Facebook in Taiwan and Australia .
  