By IBTimes Staff Reporter: Subscribe to IBTimes's RSS feed
September 21, 2011 2:14 PM EDT
How do you like the new Facebook changes? Modifications like the new news feed, new friends lists, and a "subscribe" button, have many users vocally upset.
Just as its newest rival Google+ opened up to all Web users, Facebook released its latest changes.
Judging from early reactions, you'd be hard-pressed to find a Facebook user that actually likes them. Just about the only thing users aren't complaining about are the bigger pictures.
Though Facebook has been in a near-constant state of change over the years, the newest "updates" come with some of the harshest criticism. The once-simple screen is now partitioned into a real-time scroll and a permanently opened chat - and that's just the beginning.
Comments on the Facebook blog about the new changes have been tremendously negative.
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One user comments:
"Lame. Quite frankly I don't want Facebook deciding who is most important in my life. I want my news feed to just go chronologically and if I want to hide posts from someone, I will. Stop changing. You're becoming MySpace and I left there for a reason."
Her comment received nearly 1,500 "likes."
Another user adds:
"Facebook, you're not near as smart as you think you are. Your algorithms for deciding what I want to see, who I want to talk to or what I think is important are 99.999% of the time the exact polar opposite of what I want. Everything you do to try to simplify things only complicates things more. Every attempt you make to improve things inevitably ends up in a HUGE step backwards."
People aren't just complaining on Facebook. The term #NewFacebook is among the top trending topics on Twitter right now, with many users upset over the changes. This morning, "Facebook Changes" was also a top search on Google.
So what's all the fuss about?
Here's a quick look at some of the modifications:
The New News Feed
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