Facebook Rolls Out Redesigned Profile Pages 211
alphadogg writes "The [Facebook Profile] changes include a clustered listing of biographical information under the user name at the top of the page, including such details as the person's job, hometown, relationship status, where they went to college, what languages they speak and birthdate. Beneath that will appear a set of the five most recent photos that a user allows to be posted at their profile page." The changes unsurprisingly are being met with mixed opinions ranging from rage to anger.
Re:The latest five pictures... (Score:5, Insightful)
It'll be useless to *you,* but it might get you (or your friends) to click over to the person that uploaded it. I'm sure a lot of thought went into trying to keep you on the site as long as possible.
Die facebook, die (Score:5, Insightful)
So now facebook is the new google, extremely minor changes are finding place on tech news sites.
Is facebook really technology? From what i can figure out, its a place where people spend 700 billion minutes a month playing farville and mafia wars.
I'd rather have all the facebook employees working on something significant, like i dunno, developing software for the space missions, or heck, even search engines. Search engines are awefully complicated - facebook is just a photo album with lots of cookies to track you.
At what point do we realize that people wasting time on such sites is as big a danger as say, drugs?
When's the war on facebook ?
way to be on the cutting edge (Score:2, Insightful)
Let the ..... (Score:5, Insightful)
... automatic security preference "accidental" changes begin.
So many people just accept these upgrades without going back and checking their privacy settings again.
Re:slow news day? (Score:5, Insightful)
Well yeah, it turns out of you post anything worthwhile your hosts drop you, you get DDOSed, the US gov't wants to throw you in jail and Swedish women say you raped them.
Re:It's optional (Score:4, Insightful)
It is inevitable.
Re:The latest five pictures... (Score:4, Insightful)
My problem with it is they don't give you any easy way to control exactly which pictures appear on the "ribbon"...
Re:Hooray (Score:5, Insightful)
Let me give you an example - assume that for example -
If the picture is in a hidden page (such as the profile one) - you not having one won't matter, because few people will see its missing)
if this picture slot is in a prominant position - such as attached to your every post (like certain forums) - then there is more of an incentive to add one.
Social Engineering at its finest.
Re:You'll get over it. (Score:2, Insightful)
Depends on your definition of "getting over it." I "got over" digg's redesign, too. I removed my bookmark and replaced it with reddit. Haven't let the door hit me on the way out. There are certain discussions which don't expand correctly on Slashdot, and that pisses me off. Not enough to quit the site, mostly because I started reading it in '96.
Re:slow news day? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Die facebook, die (Score:2, Insightful)
> Am I the only person here who totally ignores both Facebook and Wikileaks? Seems an obvious strategy for those who like to enjoy a "Life"(TM).
Yes, you are the only person. Which is why you spend so much time on Slashdot, right?
Re:You'll get over it. (Score:4, Insightful)