Since I do have a Facebook account and get updates, as I am interested in social software and how it is used by the next generation (including our students), I’ve been following this over the past couple of days: Inside the Backlash Against Facebook. People are furious with the new intrusive NewsFeed that tells you, minute by minute, every time one of your ‘friends’ sneezes (or worse). It cannot be switched off. Also, their Note blogging platform does not work – it updates every day or two instead of immediately and has no RSS Feed (well, the Facebook editors’ blog also has no feed, go figure!). What do you think?
More info:
Blogosphere Reacts to Facebook Feeds
Facebook Subscribers Protest Site’s News Feeds
Digg: Facebook Redesign Angers Students Over Invaded Privacy
Facebook Faces Backlash
New Facebook Redesign More Than Aesthetic
Facebook Redesign Angers Students Over Invaded Privacy
Facebook loses face over force-fed updates
A Day Without Facebook
Wikipedia: Facebook
Facebook backlash

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