On the Ground: Elis call new Facebook ‘messy,’ ‘flustering’
“Susie is this new facebook blows,” Facebook Mini Feeds across campus read this week. Or: “Dan joined the group 1,000,000 strong against the new facebook.”
The social-networking Web site Facebook has switched all its users to a new layout since the end of last week — and some Elis are having a hard time letting go.
“I don’t like the fact that I have to change,” said Jenny Goff ’12, who articulated a common sentiment among the students hanging out on Old Campus on Monday afternoon.
The new Facebook performs all the same functions as its predecessor, but users’...
from a graphic design standpoint, the new site is awful. i can't stand to look at it anymore.
I find it delightfully amusing that so many die-hard Obama supporters hate any kind of CHANGE when it involves the way that their favorite social networking website is displayed on their screen.
I don't understand what benefit Facebook gets out of the switch. Like seriously they just burned a lot of goodwill, and I can't see how it would help the bring in more ad money or anything.
whatever the reason, i hate the new facebook and use it a lot less now. maybe thats the only good thing that came out of the switch.
Also, I feel bad for Ms. Caplan-Bricker for being assigned this ridiculous subject.
The title almost lapses into self-parody
I think it is incredible that people would think that the over 1.8 million people who dislike the changes are just 'kids' They're not kids, they are people from all walks of life. I protested and joined the group against Facebook's changes and I am a married adult. The changes are inconvenient and annoying to busy working people too, not only to 'kids'...and, byt the way, please define kids. University and young adult aged? They're certainly not kids. The Facebook designers should take the time to read the concerns.
I can't believe how much hype and carry-on there's been about this change!
If you don't like it, it's quite simple really - deactivate your account, it's not that hard to do.
I'm not a HUGE fan of the new facebook - though I do like the way things have been organised and categorised, it used to take me AGES to find some of my friends walls, now it's there. If I want to look at their applications, I can, if I don't, I don't have to.
It's really not that bad. And at the end of the day, chances of Mark Zuckerberg having Facebook changed back to the old version, are less than slim to none.
I don't like the new layout, I agree that it's a mess!!! Why the change??? if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Yo, "Already Over It," deactivating your account is actually pretty hard to do:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/technology/11facebook.html?scp=1&sq=Facebook%20remove&st=cse
2% of users don't like it. 30 million switched before it was mandatory, without complaint.
I'm astounded that someone who is too stupid to work a basic social networking site is in school. Sad...
In reply to "Big Brother Mark Is Watching You"
Deactivating your account is simple, go into your account settings, and hit deactivate.
The removing of your account entirely is another story.
What I'm trying to get across is that you don't HAVE to use Facebook if you don't want to. There are plenty of people who love the new Facebook and would hate to change back to the old Facebook. Change is a part of life, sometimes for the good, sometimes for the bad, either way, the new Facebook haters, really have to suck it up.
Yeah the new facebook is gross. I see no advantages. The old one was beautiful and tastefully designed. Now I feel like I'm using a bad hybrid between MySpace and Microsoft Office 2007. Wtf.