Comments on: Facebook Members Give New Layout Thumbs Down

By: abifoluwa

abifoluwa — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:40:06 +0000

i just hate everything about the new layout,it just too bad,i log in to fbk formerly almost everyday since years ago,but now i don’t just feel like,when u post comment on ur friends wall,it ends up on he homepage.they should focus on returning the former layout,than deciding.this is just too bad,as young as i am.i can compare my little site with facebook.too bad

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Facebook Pollution « tundal45@wordpress:~$ — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:46:40 +0000

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By: RJ

RJ — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:03:25 +0000

I really hate it. I can’t adjust people out who are twitter lifecasters and have connected themselves to my facebook. Its lost all utility for me. I’m definitely checking it less. The best info (pics, relationship status, etc) in now being drowned out by people who write “I like my meal” seven times a day.

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Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:30:44 +0000

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By: The New Facebook Layout and Visual Culture | Oscar Scarlett design blog

The New Facebook Layout and Visual Culture | Oscar Scarlett design blog — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:51:52 +0000

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By: Josh Rose

Josh Rose — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:25:35 +0000

I still prefer the original layout (of two layouts ago). On one hand, I’m glad they switched to the new layout because the one before this was aggravatingly difficult to find information on. I would get email updates mentioning a new note, or wall post, or comment and rather than clicking on the link provided (best practice!) I would go directly to Facebook…and then not be able to find this information. So, the all-purpose feed sounds like a good idea from the previous layout, but it’s equally navigating. What’s wrong with just having tabs at the top that clearly itemizes my information? I mean, surely they can aggregate and cross-pollinate the information between these silos if a user wishes to see how a note my relate to a user, etc.

By: Gary Barnes

Gary Barnes — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:33:43 +0000

Interesting that some people, eg Simon , find “It is more focused on what social networking is, communicating with your friends. It allows you to easily respond to status updates and post stuff on your wall and others walls.” For me, the loss of its social networking-ness is precisely the problem. It now stops me interacting with others I want to, because I can no longer see any of the relevant stuff among the tsunami of drivel. Whereas before, I could. It has become a one-way communication: people just spurt stuff onto my page, and apparently I do the same. Neither of us has control over what we see, so we don’t see each others stuff, so we don’t interact with it. We see plenty of “XXX took another quiz and here is the boilerplate result”.

So there must be some fundamental differences in the way we use facebook: the kinds of groups of friends we want to interact with; what aspects we want to have priority; and in what timeframe.

For me, the last few days when I log on to facebook, there is nothing to keep me there. Whereas before, I was happy to spend half an hour a day linking up with people.

Perhaps its the difference between people who are watching facebook all day, versus people with jobs that do not involve this?

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:49:11 +0000

I kind of like it as I enjoy twitter. I see it as Twitter plus photos, videos and other stuff that facebook has. It is more focused on what social networking is, communicating with your friends. It allows you to easily respond to status upadtes and post stuff on your wall and others walls.

I like it

By: Michael Buhman

Michael Buhman — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:10:29 +0000

I’m certainly not a fan. I’ve been with Facebook since close to the beginning, and this is by far my least favorite redesign. My gripes focus mainly on the new Feed, and how you can no longer view a variety of content within it. Statuses have always been more of an annoyance than an enjoyment to me (I can only take so many “so bored lol” updates each day), and to be force-fed hundreds every time I log onto Facebook is most certainly not a pleasure.

By: dale johnson

dale johnson — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:34:01 +0000

I agree with Gary/Kim. Its not what i see its the filtering. I used to have good filtering, now i see everything and i cant choose what i dont like.