Facebook testing LinkedIn-style personality tags on profile pages

Facebook is quietly testing a new feature that lets users tag friends with a word and phrase that describes their personality or interests.

The feature, first spotted by The Verge, is not unlike LinkedIn's capabilities to tag users on the site with job-related terms.

Facebook confirmed to Mashable the feature is currently being tested in New Zealand

“We're testing a new feature called profile tags," a spokesperson said. "Created by a small team as part of a Facebook hackathon, profile tags are a creative tool that lets you and your friends add tags to your profile to highlight the things that describe you and what you're into. You can control what tags are shown on your own profile.” Read more...