My former favorite website
Well, as I’m sure you’ve noticed by now, Facebook decided back in July to change to a “cleaner” user interface.
The new interface is pretty much equivalent to going on my computer, typing in www.facebook.com, and having a stranger come up to me and smear shit all over my screen.
And I’m not alone on this. I actually have about 2.5 million (Facebook) friends who miss their old pages just as much as I do. Of course, our hatred for this version isn’t stopping all 2.5 million of us from using Facebook, but it certainly gives us all something to complain about.
There was nothing wrong with the old Facebook. Sure, innovation and creativity are always a plus, but there was something about the old site that made me fall in love with it two years ago: Everything was on the same page.
Now I have tabs. My once-simple life has been divided into a wall tab, an info tab, a photo tab, and a “boxes” tab, which no one is ever going to visit. Sometimes I close my eyes and imagine my old page where the wall and the newsfeed were separated and my hilarious bumper stickers weren’t being hidden away from the world.
How much cleaner did they really want Facebook to be? It was a one-page, white-backgrounded profile. The important information was right at the top of the page, and all the advertisements and applications (read: clutter) flanked the profile to the sides.
What’s even worse is that Facebook let me revert back to the old setup until about a week ago. It was really nice of them, but I kind of wish they had just submerged me in the new, less-appealing style. Don’t give me a choice!
I wasn’t given a choice when I had to endure Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab” on the radio last year, and now I think Amy is hilarious.
Facebook should record a song about its addiction to being horrible. Then maybe I will become a fan.
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September 24th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
public service announcement:
attention new-facebook whiners! get over it.