The New Facebook Rebellion ’08
A new version of facebook has just been released, and there have been many who oppose the new look. But what is the real reason behind this rebellion? I investigate…
Facebook has become a worldwide craze, overtaking MySpace and Bebo, becoming the world’s number one social networking site. However, they have begun to lose a vast number of their customer’s satisfaction through the changes they have brought in recently. With things in the world going wrong all the time (e.g. recent depression in stock markets, banks going broke, war, shootings etc.), it’s hard to find a positive aspect of life, and just when you thought you found facebook and became familiar & comfortable with it – there they go and change, putting YOU in an uncomfortable place again.
People like comfort, and hate change. Most change is hard to get used to, especially if you have customised all that you had, become accustomed to what you were given, and it gets moved all over the place.
So it’s probably not the content or the changes themselves that has resulted in a major dislike towards the new facebook – it’s probably just them messing around with what you have created.
Of course, there’s always conformity as well. Facebook groups aid in the idea behind conformity, and as soon as you see a facebook group against the new facebook growing far quicker than the facebook group for the new facebook, you’re more inclined to join the one against the new facebook to “fit in with the crowd” and thus feel like you’re part of something “everyone else is”. After this, your mentality can also change so that you actually “believe” that you dislike the new facebook even if at heart you don’t.
Besides, the new facebook isn’t all bad – at least it’s become easier to post wall comments etc…
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