Samishlol
22-03-2009, 10:23 AM
Just under a million people have now voted against changes to the social networking site Facebook.
The new look site puts more focus on status updates and has been likened to one of its rivals Twitter.
Users have voted overwhelmingly against the new format in the site's online poll with 94% disliking the changes.
Twitter usage has grown 1,689% in the last year but is dwarfed by Facebook which has more than 175 million users compared to Twitter's 1.78m.
Speaking to Newsbeat earlier this month, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg defended the changes.
He said: "It doesn't change that frequently and that's the kind of thing you want to have an open dialogue about with users.
"We trust that with an open dialogue our users will get us to the right place."
Users 'unhappy'
Radio 1 listeners have been commenting on the story since the changes were made and most are not happy.
Pink Kerry in Plymouth said: "I hate the new Facebook layout. It's complete rubbish.
"What was wrong with the way it was before and why weren't we given the option to choose whether we wanted the new layout or not?"
Jenny in Maidenhead agrees. She said: "If I'd wanted to sign up for a Twitter style networking site then I'd have signed up for Twitter."
But Jonathan in Cumbria reckons we'll grow to love it. He said: "The new Facebook is like anything, people just don't like change.
"After the last time they changed it there was an uproar like this, but everyone grew to accept it."
The new site relegates photos and videos into the background, mixing them with adverts.
Users receive status updates from all their friends on their homepage in a continuous stream.
Facebook point out that if there are friends whose lives or feeds people are not that interested in, users can filter them out by clicking a cross in the corner of their post.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7955000/7955420.stm
I don't see the big deal. It's only a layout at the moment.
The new look site puts more focus on status updates and has been likened to one of its rivals Twitter.
Users have voted overwhelmingly against the new format in the site's online poll with 94% disliking the changes.
Twitter usage has grown 1,689% in the last year but is dwarfed by Facebook which has more than 175 million users compared to Twitter's 1.78m.
Speaking to Newsbeat earlier this month, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg defended the changes.
He said: "It doesn't change that frequently and that's the kind of thing you want to have an open dialogue about with users.
"We trust that with an open dialogue our users will get us to the right place."
Users 'unhappy'
Radio 1 listeners have been commenting on the story since the changes were made and most are not happy.
Pink Kerry in Plymouth said: "I hate the new Facebook layout. It's complete rubbish.
"What was wrong with the way it was before and why weren't we given the option to choose whether we wanted the new layout or not?"
Jenny in Maidenhead agrees. She said: "If I'd wanted to sign up for a Twitter style networking site then I'd have signed up for Twitter."
But Jonathan in Cumbria reckons we'll grow to love it. He said: "The new Facebook is like anything, people just don't like change.
"After the last time they changed it there was an uproar like this, but everyone grew to accept it."
The new site relegates photos and videos into the background, mixing them with adverts.
Users receive status updates from all their friends on their homepage in a continuous stream.
Facebook point out that if there are friends whose lives or feeds people are not that interested in, users can filter them out by clicking a cross in the corner of their post.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7955000/7955420.stm
I don't see the big deal. It's only a layout at the moment.