One of the best quotes I heard the other day to describe the new changes on Facebook was, "Facebook is now a feed, within a feed, within a feed, within a feed." The new features of Facebook seem to be causing quite a stir among its users. People do not appear to be too happy with all of the new changes and updates. Personally, I think that Facebook now closely resembles Twitter. I don’t need to have two social media tools exactly alike, I like variety. I understand that social media sites are going to make adjustments and will be in constant motion, but it almost seems as if Facebook is trying to combine everything that other social media sites have into one. For example:
*Facebook now has constant per second status updates (Twitter)
*The new layouts coming soon look almost like a blog layout (BlogSpot)*Users can make purchases on Facebook (websites in general)
*Apps and games can be played (smart phones)
*Videos (YouTube)The list can go on and on. I have been learning the new updates and will not be doing anything drastic like delete my Facebook account. I still love Facebook, I am just curious why Facebook feels it necessary to make drastic changes all the time. Facebook should be listening to its consumers and what they are saying, which right is mostly negative comments. Makes me wonder what changes will be coming next because the site pretty much is a mesh pot of all the other social media sites out there.
I can't keep up with all the changes! Also, last time I logged onto FB it told me check my privacy settings...so...you do that for me? :-)
ReplyDeleteHaha not so anonymous who posted the last comment.. Anyway I actually like all the changes to fb. They've made it more meaningful to me because I don't have as much spam in the main feed. I also like how easy it is to create subgroups like in google plus. All in all I feel like they are listening to what the users are saying, but like with most things, the people who are happy with the changes are less vocal than those who oppose.
ReplyDeleteInteresting point Andrew! People who are unhappy usually do express their feelings more than those who are happy.
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