<p>CHOUder, we just like to be outraged. ;)</p>
<p>I personally have almost nothing on mine (nor do I visit it much), but I find it funny/ridiculous.</p>
<p>I dunno about you guys, but I deleted mine. just now. I don't like knowing what every person I know is doing 24/7. I didn't have a lot of friends (20?) but I don't care. I think we can all live without facebook and get back to real relationships by talking to people and not hiding behind copper wires and an ethernet connection. does anyone agree?</p>
<p>Well, it's a nice thought. It won't happen, but the sentiment is good. </p>
<p>Props though for the deletion. I don't care much about facebook but I don't know if I'm ready to delete just yet. </p>
<p>It's funny though, I work in an internet-related field and my boss and I just had a huuuuge discussion about Facebook's decision to do this. A bunch of articles came out today debating whether or not this was a good move for them, yet EVERYONE (save for CHOuder, apparently) who actually uses the site absolutely hates the feed/redesign. If it ends up jeopardizing their advertising ventures/page views it'll go back. So we'll see.</p>
<p>Dudee ***?! This is crazy -__- but I found a way to disable the news feed [at least yours], go to your profile and delete everything under mini-feed. It does take awhile, but at least your fb life isn't broadcasted to everyone else.</p>
<p>aaaargh.... can't delete the last two or so........ seriously... the feed thing is way too creepy...........</p>
<p>Haha even I don't like it and that's saying something</p>
<p>Even if you disable the news feed on your Facebook, people can still see what you did on the Home Page.</p>
<p>no........ if you delete a feed no one can see it.........</p>
<p>I wonder who in the whole Facebook administration thought that this would be a good idea... it's not like hundreds of thousands of people wrote them saying "Hey, do you think you could tell everyone exactly what it is that I'm doing on here? Thanks"... At least, I hope they didn't cuz that would be weird. I liked the old Facebook just fine, thank you very much.</p>
<p>They're trying to go from an "encyclopedia" format to a "news" format. </p>
<p>Except no one cares about the kind of stuff that they're deeming "news".</p>
<p>Too many people overreacting to this new feed! Look at that new group that formed. Man people, if you think it's stupid, don't use it! You have the choice!</p>
<p>If myspace added flashing banners and half page ads, would you create a group and protest, or just simply stop using the service?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, Facebook has become something many college students rely upon -- therefore, when something crappy happens to it, it becomes time to complain.</p>
<p>When your car breaks down, no one's going to tell you "if you're upset with your car, why don't you just bike everywhere?!" Obviously comparing the usefulness of an automobile with facebook is a stretch, but again, it's something most of us use multiple times a day.</p>
<p>thank you themegastud. No one is over reacting out of reason. I thought facebook was a really nice way of networking with fellow ucla students. It was until they made this change. I think there is a privacy line that needs to be drawn, and these "news feeds" step WAY over that line. Oh btw, how much of a pain in the butt would it be to have to block ALL of those news feeds? It would be so irritating! Besides, once you block them, who knows, maybe there will be more saying you just blocked those. =)</p>
<p>yea, just omit the feeds by clicking the x's next to the corresponding feed on your homepage. no one can see that stuff afterwards.
but yea...................facebook allowing high school students, etc. now this? it doesn't seem too bad, but facebook is certainly MORE LAME than when I got an account.</p>
<p>everyone join one of the many anti-new facebook groups out there and do your part to complain... they should at least make it an option to be excluded and turn off the retarded news feed system.</p>
<p>themegastud:
What do students "rely" on facebook for? The analogy to a car does not apply, since the car authority is yours, and the facebook authority is in the hands of the admins.</p>
<p>If your parents gave you a nice car, and then they suddenly spray paint it purple, what would you do? You search for alternatives, or you use the car still (most logical)</p>
<p>Brassman271 :
The facebook service is free. This is like a gift(free) given to you, and when you receive it, you complain. Think about how that feels to the giver (facebook admin)</p>
<p>ahhhh...the Facebook generation :rolleyes:</p>
<p>ahhhh... the social-networking-via-internet- generation with their "shirtless-reflection-in-the-mirror" photos. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Lol Felix- Facebook is only meant to LOOK like a gift. Mark Zuckerberg and his associates are making a boatload of money based on people using their "gift". Facebook users, the consumers, know this and have every right to complain about a service if they feel it isn't serving them well. It's in Zuckerberg's best interest to listen to users (as he's done before) in order to keep the customers happy. Just because it's a free service doesn't mean that there isn't a ton of money to be made off of it, and if it doesn't have users, there won't be any money.</p>