Millions of people use Facebook, one of the increasingly popular social networking site, and were satisfied with it. Then in mid-2008, they started changing its design, creating massive disapproval and even had protest Facebook groups petitioning for it to be revert to its old look. Its makeover created headlines around and grew worse when the option of changing back to the old feature was removed and the makeover was there to stay. The users were unhappy about the way the design look and how the features had all change but most people were more furious over the fact that the social networking site did not review the opinions of its users before making changes (Ramadge 2008).
However, changes will still be made and users of Facebook will just have to accept it as Liedtke (2008) reported. It might take a while for it to get used to but sooner or later, it will be just as if it didn't change. According to Zuckerberg (Liedtke 2008), 30 million out of the 40 million who checked out the new look accepted the change without even using the option to revert back to its old look. Therefore, time is all it needs for changes to be accepted. It cannot be that bad if its old design was liked, it would only be a matter of time before the new one sinks in as well.
References:
Liedtke, M 2008, Facebook gets another facelift, viewed 12 November 2008, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26639923/
Ramadge, A 2008, Facebook protest group hits a million users, viewed 12 November 2008, http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24365075-2,00.html
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