time to face th facts. facebook was created for college students but now its primarily for kids and kdis will become its main focus. 5th graders are widely using facebook now and when kids and high schoolers use it theyre using it like we used aim. They are always on it and hold 95 comment conversations on a regular basis. Their walls have things from this morning at the bottom of them. They bring the traffic. They look at the ads and they will be the focus of facebook. To keep kids interested you have to keep adding things and keep it looking "fresh" and "hot". The simple format that appealed to college age people is a thing of the past.
2/4/2010 9:32:28 PM
no...
2/4/2010 9:47:42 PM
i got the update now
2/4/2010 10:52:48 PM
mine's still the same as before.
2/4/2010 10:55:32 PM
mine's still the same too
2/4/2010 11:00:07 PM
ain't seen it yetfacebook has managed to be lucky enough to become ubiquitous enough that they can pull off major UI redesigns every 6-12 months without losing a major share of usersbut the honest truth is, you generally aren't supposed to do shit like this. it's a REALLY good way to piss users off. if there was another worthwhile community that wasn't cobbled together with bubblegum and spit, then I'd wager you'd see users leaving FB in droves. FB has totally benefited from being the only game in town.
2/4/2010 11:00:29 PM
well, they aren't really the only game in town, are they? Maybe you meant, "FB has totally benefited from being the only best game in town."[Edited on February 4, 2010 at 11:02 PM. Reason : s]
2/4/2010 11:02:14 PM
^ hence this statement
2/4/2010 11:05:03 PM
had a great presentation given today at my company about how within the next year, facebook will be moving into e-commerce in a fast way.Really interesting stuff.
2/4/2010 11:07:52 PM
I highly doubt it.And usually those types of presentations are just giant circle-jerks by executives.I remember one a number of years ago in which it was predicted that everyone would be using the "the cloud" and desktops would have vanished by now. Lame.
2/4/2010 11:09:34 PM
HAHAHA - They TOTALLY ripped off open-source ELGG for their interface.
2/4/2010 11:10:19 PM
you know what....i kinda like the new setup!how do you like them apples?!?!?!?!?!?
2/4/2010 11:13:05 PM
^^ are you kidding. it doesn't look anything like elgg
2/4/2010 11:14:36 PM
i like it. i never understood the live feed & news feed bullshit anyway. i've disliked it since the last time they changed their shit, now it seems a little more back to how it use to be.
2/6/2010 7:05:53 AM
i still don't have the new version and all my events are in no chronological order (things from yesterday mixed with stuff from minutes ago etc.) on both feedsplease help i am not good with computers or something
2/7/2010 12:59:53 PM
also still don't have itfacebook fail
2/7/2010 1:01:11 PM
mine hasn't changed either
2/7/2010 1:52:28 PM
^
2/7/2010 1:53:20 PM
2/7/2010 1:53:58 PM
I've been wondering what all this talk was about. Apparently mine hasn't changed.
2/7/2010 2:01:51 PM
i don't have it
2/7/2010 2:09:24 PM
2/7/2010 2:15:31 PM
what is that ^
2/7/2010 2:17:56 PM
yeah wtf?
2/7/2010 2:21:11 PM
2/7/2010 2:21:26 PM
[Edited on February 7, 2010 at 2:27 PM. Reason : It was bound to happen sooner or later...]
2/7/2010 2:23:06 PM
you just got duped by 4chanfacebook will NEVER go to paid accounts
2/7/2010 2:29:30 PM
Did I, now?
2/7/2010 2:32:21 PM
lolyeah right that's not real
2/7/2010 2:36:31 PM
I don't know how else they could introduce adult content without credit card verification.[Edited on February 7, 2010 at 2:38 PM. Reason : .]
2/7/2010 2:37:36 PM
im a little weirded out by itbut w/ei just got used to the last layout
2/7/2010 2:38:57 PM
Mine still hasn't changed
2/7/2010 3:54:50 PM
I still don't have the new layout
2/7/2010 4:33:40 PM
bttt
2/8/2010 3:13:28 PM
mine JUST changed like 1 second ago
2/8/2010 3:14:31 PM
2/8/2010 3:18:02 PM
finally got the new one
2/8/2010 4:03:34 PM
^the only thing that annoys me is that i can't do just status updates
2/8/2010 4:04:16 PM
it doesn't really seem that different to me (so far) so...i'm ok with it/don't really care one way or the other!
2/8/2010 4:04:27 PM
nothin
2/8/2010 4:04:36 PM
IOP1
2/8/2010 4:10:26 PM
why does facebook keep changing shit? It's getting a little ridiculous.
2/8/2010 4:15:07 PM
they keep changing shit b/c it's 2010 and if you want to remain relevant on the web, you adapt quickly to changing user needs and usage patterns
2/8/2010 5:47:54 PM
^^If you don't like change, stick with TWW [Edited on February 8, 2010 at 5:49 PM. Reason : ^^]
2/8/2010 5:49:41 PM
good news- i got new facebookeverything is smooth except the photos tab. i haven't found an easy way to click an album; i'm looking at "recent albums" but everytime i click something, it shows just one picture (the last) of that album. in fact, one of the "recent albums" links to something uploaded in october 2009 (dakota_man this means you)all the help is about privacy and tagging :-/
2/9/2010 8:00:23 AM
i gots it too
2/9/2010 8:04:01 AM
my only gripe is that i no longer have the events button at the bottom
2/9/2010 8:05:31 AM
i like it better though so far
2/9/2010 8:07:29 AM
It's not so bad
2/9/2010 9:23:20 AM
is the feed fucking sucking for anyone elseseems like, i see things, then i dont see thingsand i fail to understand how things i saw last night should still be on my "most recent"it's like, losing time index or something
2/9/2010 4:12:25 PM