New Facebook

Lol dude, I've been on facebook since 2006 and every time they make a change people get upset. I remember when they introduced the news feed and people were creating groups petitioning the news feed. Imagine going on facebook now without a news feed.

Please....

Every time anything changes people bitch, give it a week and then people wont have a damn clue what the old version looked like and if they did go back to it would be disgusted with it, then Facebook changes something again and people bitch and the cycle continues.

^^^ what they said.

I love facebook changes because most of the time it creates a window of opportunity to stalk other peoples pages until they realize the changes affect their privacy settings. Got a lot of intel and blackmail.

If Facebook didn't innovate from time to time, it would end up like Myspace. Just like how Google overtook Yahoo to become the number one search engine. Change is essential in today's fast-paced environment.

What everybody except barboon said. I remember being pissed they came up with apps and that they let people who weren't in college get an account.

I get what you're saying. I dont mind changes generally and I realise its a business, and innovation has to be pressing in order to stave off things like Google+ (especially as they launches their service to everyone now), but after the changes to the chat mechanism (although I really liked the addition of video calling) and now the fact most of my settings have been compromised, I'm being told what I will enjoy (again may be based upon my latest interactions), its becoming a bit too much.

Aside from the video calling, the only change I liked was the messaging change, email.

Surely you guys dont like the new chat function. You can't figure out whose online. I've pretty much stopped using it.

I don't really care for the changes but wouldn't go so far as to leave FB entirely. Chances are the less I like the interface the less I will use it (at this point it is starting to look like a traffic accident in a busy intersection during rush hour). I like plain Jane, simple, straight forward things and I don't want to be forced to stalk every person I've ever friended, lol.

At any rate, people are hyperventilating over this and like many posters have mentioned, it will be over in a few days because most people can't live without it...and no one will be able to describe what the old version looked like.

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I haven't liked most of the changes they've made over the past year or two, but I stick around because everyone is on there

Sending less emails by default is very clever though. Cuts costs and forces people to visit the site that much more (I wouldn't put the number of people who change their settings past 50%).

http://failbook.failblog.org/2011/09/21/funny-facebook-fails-look-more-…

Haha, some of the shit people write on FB is epic.

I know, right? I rarely even bothered with the news feed before, I don't need it to be more complex.

Sure, people that use it often will stop bitching after a few days, but the folks that only log on once every few months are going to be confused for a long time to come. Personally, I don't really care what they do, but I will agree that simple is often better when it comes to designing websites.

More changes:

http://techland.time.com/2011/10/28/facebook-announces-new-trusted-frie…

Not sure what to make of this. I didnt leave in the end btw, just deactivated.

Yeah, simple is often better but people will get bored without re-designs.

I have to say I was a tad bit creeped out when FB suggested I 'friend' my office manager. Not that it would be strange, in and of itself, but I am not connected with anyone at work and none of my friends are friends with her...so how would FB know to suggest that to me?!?! Coincidence? Something smells fishy.

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Linkedin searches your email account. My guess is that facebook searched your email account.

I have separate emails for Facebook and Linkedin for that precise reason.

After I thought about it, I bet it pulled the contacts in my phone and did it that way.

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