So it looks like the new Facebook is up and running for all users now. And, unsurprisingly, the haters come out of the wood work and speak up, demanding that it go back to how it was.

Don’t get me wrong, everyone is entitled to their opinion. That’s human nature, if we didn’t have opinions then things would just be boring. I thought I’d put together my opinion of the “new Facebook” with comparisons to Twitter, seeing as that’s what everyone is talking about!

For me, Facebook (old or new) has been an amazing tool to keep in touch with friends, share my images and arrange events with the people I don’t often see. It is a Social Network in its purest terms, regardless of layout.
Twitter, however, is something I’ve only been using for 4 months, and its more of a tool as apposed to a network. Agreed, I have my followers and followees (Is that right!?, you know what I mean), which form my “network”, but I mainly use Twitter for sharing knowledge. It’s public domain, everyone can see my updates (unless they are private, of course), so personal things are pretty much a no go. OK, so this is just my opinion, but if I had to quickly sum the two up, it would be:

Facebook – The Ultimate Social Network
Twitter – A network of like-minded knowledge sharers.

I’ve noticed no end of people saying that Facebook is ripping off Twitter, and to be honest, I agreed to begin with. First impressions make it look like this is the case. But really, all Facebook have done is seen a working system, that has become hugely popular recently, and integrated it into their already popular system. In my opinion, that’s good thinking! Over time, I’m sure they will adapt this to become more unique.

So to those people, who are demanding that Facebook change back to how it was, please, give it time to grow on you! After all, we don’t pay for the joys of Facebook or Twitter. If we did, then it would be a completely different situation.

Current Vote on Facebook. Do you like the new layout?
22,690 Yes
304,022 No

Finally, seeing all the status updates saying “SAY NO TO NEW FACEBOOK” and other similar grumbles….it just makes me repeat what I say when I unfortunately catch “Points of View” on TV and have to listen to people moaning about what they watched on BBC 1 last night. . . . . . Just pick up the remote, and change channels! If you don’t like Facebook, just don’t use it. No one is forcing you, but I really think you’ll find yourself a little bit lost with out

Rant over now, I’ll blog something worth reading next time!!

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