Facebook tests a new feature to help you make new friends

Facebook saw a bit of a lull in user numbers and revenue recently and it’s looking for ways to fix that. The social media giant is working on a feature that will let you discover things that connect you and another user, hoping that will lead to more “friendships” and increased user interaction. The feature is called “things in common” and is currently available for a small fraction of Facebook’s users.

The way it works is by adding an extra line of text above a person’s name in the comment section of a public post. This line contains the “thing in common” that you and this person have. ...