A few weeks ago I heard my boyfriend shout from the office: "What the fuck is this??!" And so begins Facebook's third and final blunder before users pack up their photos and move on.
In an effort to compete with Twitter, Facebook redesigned its homepage by putting a greater emphasis on status updates. And as I'm sure everyone's heard by now, users have been very vocal about how much they HATE it (see below).
Placating their annoyed audience, Facebook is allowing users to vote on the new layout- only AFTER launching it on March 11. As of today, the voting is overwhelmingly conclusive- 94% of the over 1.7M voters dislike the new layout.
I think it's great that Facebook is joining the conversation albeit a little late. But according to a post last week on Valleywag, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg sent an email to his staff reacting to the layout criticism. Supposedly the email said something to the effect that 'the most disruptive companies don't listen to their customers.'
Didn't Marky Mark learn his lesson last month? Reacting to a groundswell of negativity over Facebook's terms of service, Zuckerberg stuck his tail between his legs and reverted back to the original terms of service and even initiated a Facebook Bill of Rights. And now he's saying that listening to his customers complaints about the redesign would be a stupid move? Is this guy schizo? Three strikes and you're out buddy....
In an effort to compete with Twitter, Facebook redesigned its homepage by putting a greater emphasis on status updates. And as I'm sure everyone's heard by now, users have been very vocal about how much they HATE it (see below).
Placating their annoyed audience, Facebook is allowing users to vote on the new layout- only AFTER launching it on March 11. As of today, the voting is overwhelmingly conclusive- 94% of the over 1.7M voters dislike the new layout.
I think it's great that Facebook is joining the conversation albeit a little late. But according to a post last week on Valleywag, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg sent an email to his staff reacting to the layout criticism. Supposedly the email said something to the effect that 'the most disruptive companies don't listen to their customers.'Didn't Marky Mark learn his lesson last month? Reacting to a groundswell of negativity over Facebook's terms of service, Zuckerberg stuck his tail between his legs and reverted back to the original terms of service and even initiated a Facebook Bill of Rights. And now he's saying that listening to his customers complaints about the redesign would be a stupid move? Is this guy schizo? Three strikes and you're out buddy....
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Three strikes? More like Nine Lives. I know alot of folks who have threatened to bail on FB but there are no confirmed dropouts as of yet. It is surprising how many free passes FB has gotten after a terrible month. Meanwhile, Twitter continues to dominate the news cycle. The G20 summit coverage going on through Tweets is fascinating today. - Tom
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