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Students give new layout thumbs down
Katie Taylor
Issue date: 4/2/09 Section: Features
Facebook's newest version is no good, according to a recent survey conducted by The East Carolinian of ECU students. Students were polled on Tuesday and the overall results were not positive.
A sample of 50 students from varying classifications were surveyed for two days at ECU. These students were asked to give their opinions on the latest version of the online networking Web site, Facebook.
Students were given a multiple choice survey asking whether they hated the new Facebook, loved it, did not care or preferred to use other venues, such as MySpace, for social networking. The students had an option of making additional comments about Facebook as well.
Of the 50 students surveyed, 33 reported that they hated the new version. One student, who wishes to remain anonymous, loves the new version. Fourteen students have neutral opinions and two students reported preferring MySpace to Facebook.
The newer version of Facebook is a lot denser than previous versions. Users have to navigate through a lot more tabs and links to access information contained in friends' profiles. There are also more java script applications that many Facebook users complain uses up too much space and Internet access speed.
Some say the addition of Facebook applications are making the Facebook layouts and content too much like Facebook's competition, MySpace.
Many students are in agreement that the older version of Facebook was much easier to navigate than the current version.
"I hate it," said sophomore Jennifer DuBreck. "I love the older version. The newer one is too 'stalker-ish.'"
"I liked that it did not change much for a long time," said junior Robin Gilman. "Now it seems like every time I log on something has changed."
Other students expressed that the updated Facebook did not bother them. ECU seniors Jon Schnake and Alysa Taylor both say they "don't care."
"I like Facebook," said Taylor. "But it doesn't rule my life so I don't really care when it changes."
Some students had mixed feelings about Facebook in general.
"I don't dislike Facebook," said junior Rashad LaVaughn. "I just don't enjoy it as much as I do MySpace. More of my friends are on Myspace anyway."
One student who wishes to remain anonymous says they don't care whether Facebook has changed but has negative feelings toward it.
"I don't like how people can put pictures of you on Facebook without your permission," said the student.
Regardless of how negative the results of this poll were, no students reported using Facebook any less frequently than they did before the new version came out.
This writer can be contacted at features@theeastcarolinian.com.
A sample of 50 students from varying classifications were surveyed for two days at ECU. These students were asked to give their opinions on the latest version of the online networking Web site, Facebook.
Students were given a multiple choice survey asking whether they hated the new Facebook, loved it, did not care or preferred to use other venues, such as MySpace, for social networking. The students had an option of making additional comments about Facebook as well.
Of the 50 students surveyed, 33 reported that they hated the new version. One student, who wishes to remain anonymous, loves the new version. Fourteen students have neutral opinions and two students reported preferring MySpace to Facebook.
The newer version of Facebook is a lot denser than previous versions. Users have to navigate through a lot more tabs and links to access information contained in friends' profiles. There are also more java script applications that many Facebook users complain uses up too much space and Internet access speed.
Some say the addition of Facebook applications are making the Facebook layouts and content too much like Facebook's competition, MySpace.
Many students are in agreement that the older version of Facebook was much easier to navigate than the current version.
"I hate it," said sophomore Jennifer DuBreck. "I love the older version. The newer one is too 'stalker-ish.'"
"I liked that it did not change much for a long time," said junior Robin Gilman. "Now it seems like every time I log on something has changed."
Other students expressed that the updated Facebook did not bother them. ECU seniors Jon Schnake and Alysa Taylor both say they "don't care."
"I like Facebook," said Taylor. "But it doesn't rule my life so I don't really care when it changes."
Some students had mixed feelings about Facebook in general.
"I don't dislike Facebook," said junior Rashad LaVaughn. "I just don't enjoy it as much as I do MySpace. More of my friends are on Myspace anyway."
One student who wishes to remain anonymous says they don't care whether Facebook has changed but has negative feelings toward it.
"I don't like how people can put pictures of you on Facebook without your permission," said the student.
Regardless of how negative the results of this poll were, no students reported using Facebook any less frequently than they did before the new version came out.
This writer can be contacted at features@theeastcarolinian.com.
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