First, two simple facts of life:
- Software changes.
- Facebook is software.
Once you have accepted that, then we can continue. I must stress that I do not intend to waste your time by telling you to suck it up and deal with the changes, although that might be the best thing for you to do. It seems that every time Facebook releases an update to their software, a ton of angry groups and status messages pop up around facebook in opposition of the changes. I rarely ever see anyone in favor of the changes, or even a specific reason why the changes are so bad. From what I can tell, apparently facebook got it right the first time, and every change they have made since then is making it worse and worse. People now threaten to leave Facebook and go back to myspace (who has also been making a lot of changes).
There must be something about the new Facebook that you like, or at least you will like it once you get used to it. Most of what I see is complaints about being lost, or just a dislike for the new layout. These are only temporary issues that aren’t worth mentioning. Suppose there is actually something specific about the new facebook that you don’t like. Instead of inviting all your friends to some anti-facebook group and complaining, you should tell the developers specifically what you have a problem with. They are always open to ideas and suggestions, they want your feedback. If you think you have a better idea, please share it!
This is how software works. A relatively small group of people plan and develop it based on their own ideas and user studies, and then that software is released to the user base. Ideally, that user base should come back with suggestions and ideas, and the developers use that feedback to make small updates to the release. If the developers are flooded with messages like “I hate the new facebook” or “Bring back the old facebook,” that doesn’t help them at all. The entire facebook community might hate it, but that wouldn’t change anything. If the entire facebook community came back with specific ideas and suggestions, we would have almost a Utopian facebook.
So my question to you is; are you going to keep hating facebook and wishing for the old one, or are you going to do something about it and make positive suggestions? Until you make up your mind, please stop bothering me about it. I do not hate the new facebook, and I will never join your stupid group of over 9000 idiots who think the same way as you.
I agree. What’s most important in my opinion is the fact that if they don’t like facebook, they should stop using it. They always have the object of making a superior site
Facebook is also basically free (obviously the adds can be counted by some as how we are paying though I don’t know how effective most of them are), so there is a limit to how much we really should complain. Personally I am not a big fan of the new site but that is only because my computer skills are very very limited and it takes me longer than most to figure it out. lol.
I have quite a few complaints on the design. The lack of borders looks messy. It all really seems like one big blob of content.
Now we are getting somewhere. For anyone interested, you can submit your feedback here: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=uex_feedback_home
You want my opinion- my feedback? Well then fine, here it is: First off, let me start by telling you WHY the people of Facebook get angry. We get angry because every change that this group of editors make makes it harder for us, the users of Facebook to navigate.
Now let me tell you where Facebook screwed things up: The previous Facebook layout was wonderful; it had a little map on the side of recently used applications, it showed you requests and invites, and you only saw people’s status in the middle of the page. It was clean, and it was organized. Now, everything is in a jumble, and you can hardly tell what’s going on. Every time the slightest change occurs with your friends, YOU get informed.
Now look, I really don’t want to know about how Kathy commented on a photo on her ex-boyfriend’s page. Had I wanted to know that, I would have been stalking her. Status is good to see, because it lets you know what your friends are doing, WITHOUT dragging you across their ENTIRE DAILY ROUTINE!
I really used to like Facebook, but now I’m just not sure of what I’m going to do. It’s harder to use and I don’t like it. I have though, provided you with specific reasons as to why I think it’s bull crap, so there.
Whatever.
Magnolia ****.
I should add that software becomes more robust over time, which means there will be a learning curve with each new release. I already said that a learning curve just takes time to pass, and isn’t worth mentioning as a complaint. That’s why they have guided tours.
As for the other issues, why would you be on Facebook if you weren’t stalking your friends? Admit it, we are all here to stalk each other, and we enjoy it.
You made my point that most Facebook haters are merely resistant to change more than than the specific changes themselves when you said that the original Facebook was the best. I just don’t see how that is possible. Certainly there must be something you like about the new Facebook.