Spring Break
Users need to stop complaining and figure out The New Facebook
Zachary Smith
Issue date: 9/29/08 Section: Opinions and Editorials
Personally, I added the new Facebook as soon as I saw the button for this option. True, I never did much with the old style, but I think my quickness to switch was for a different reason--I am able to accept change.
Now, since I am extremely introverted, I do not necessarily like change (I scored at the 11%-extroverted mark the last time I took the 'MyPersonality' test, a Facebook application-and yes, I wasted my time answering all 100 questions).
But, I know that what we have for today is just what we need for today's needs.
A common complaint about the new Facebook format is that you cannot express your personality on your homepage in the new Facebook.
But, if I wanted to see someone's personality expressed through literally dozens of forgotten applications, I could click through their various tabs.
On that note, why did no one ever complain about having to scroll up and down the old homepage to see everything? Is the act of clicking through tabs a performance art so difficult you must practice it in the Minor Fine Arts building 'till the break of dawn?
Granted, there is some difficulty in accessing and using Platform applications. Most of this difficulty will be fixed; either by users learning the routes through the new Facebook map, or by the Facebook team making it easier.
But they cannot make things easier just because there are '5,000,000 people who want the "Back to the old Facebook" option to remain!'
They can help if we let them know what we think should be changed. They have already made many changes to the new Facebook, but because of 600,000 messages sent to them, not 600,000 people in a group.
If you wish to make your voice be heard, then send the Facebook team a message. To send a message to the Facebook team, you can use a link they set in plain view.
At the top of every webpage is a light-blue bar. To the left of this bar is a greeting; to the right is a link which will popup a message box in which you can write about either "Redesign Feedback" or "Bug Report," and send it to the Facebook team.
Now, since I am extremely introverted, I do not necessarily like change (I scored at the 11%-extroverted mark the last time I took the 'MyPersonality' test, a Facebook application-and yes, I wasted my time answering all 100 questions).
But, I know that what we have for today is just what we need for today's needs.
A common complaint about the new Facebook format is that you cannot express your personality on your homepage in the new Facebook.
But, if I wanted to see someone's personality expressed through literally dozens of forgotten applications, I could click through their various tabs.
On that note, why did no one ever complain about having to scroll up and down the old homepage to see everything? Is the act of clicking through tabs a performance art so difficult you must practice it in the Minor Fine Arts building 'till the break of dawn?
Granted, there is some difficulty in accessing and using Platform applications. Most of this difficulty will be fixed; either by users learning the routes through the new Facebook map, or by the Facebook team making it easier.
But they cannot make things easier just because there are '5,000,000 people who want the "Back to the old Facebook" option to remain!'
They can help if we let them know what we think should be changed. They have already made many changes to the new Facebook, but because of 600,000 messages sent to them, not 600,000 people in a group.
If you wish to make your voice be heard, then send the Facebook team a message. To send a message to the Facebook team, you can use a link they set in plain view.
At the top of every webpage is a light-blue bar. To the left of this bar is a greeting; to the right is a link which will popup a message box in which you can write about either "Redesign Feedback" or "Bug Report," and send it to the Facebook team.
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JMF
posted 10/08/08 @ 1:51 PM EST
Do people have the right to expect a certain format from their social networking communities? Is there not a reason that Facebook is different from MySpace?
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