The eleventh plague was applications
Facebook, the brainbaby of weasel-faced Aaron Sorkin subject Mark Zuckerberg and waster of 500 million employer hours per annum, will be going through another mandatory face lift. Nobody is safe — it will affect everyone's account, whether they approve it or not. And no one likes it।
Says a Forrester Research analyst: "There could be a community backlash as we have seen before। It is a really touchy line between users, brands and privacy and Facebook have not been as forthcoming in the past about changes as they should have."
Of course there is already a Facebook group against the New Facebook, and it has almost 1 million members, or nearly 1 percent of all of Facebook's 100 million users। It's a hefty sign most members will hate the new design, as will corporations, bands, and whatever other excuse is allowed to sign up.
Except this exact same complaint was logged back in 2007, when Facebook's applications started plastering your profile with broadcasts about sheep, vampires, and your Top 8। People said it would add clutter to the previously streamlined site. Same went for News Feed, which is now the lifeblood of the site.
But all that was before Scrabulous application came and went like a beautiful shooting star, and now what reason could you possibly have for signing onto Facebook these days? Just saying, maybe this new design could bring some enjoyment back into our sad, virtual lives, making good on the promise Second Life never fulfilled.
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