Kirsten Parucha Writes about the Change of Facebook - Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime.com
Online Story – Kirsten Parucha
16 February 2010
Facebook has once again gone under another makeover. And once again, the makeover is absolutely unnecessary.
As of early February, those who logged onto their Facebook accounts would have noticed a subtle change on their homepage, and would also be left questioning, “For what reason?”
The new Facebook layout only pertains to the homepage, which is the first page Facebook users are automatically directed to when first logging on.
Before the makeover, notifications were located at the bottom-right corner of the page. Now they are located in the top-left corner of the page, along with additional notifications of new messages and group invitations. Besides the relocation of these attributes, not much has changed with Facebook.
However, over the course of the past few months, Facebook has made other changes that don’t pertain to their layout. They have made changes with their privacy and security settings, adding more privacy and security options for optimal safety for Facebook users.
Although it’s common for Facebook to change and re-arrange their applications and layout structure on their website, avid users are always temporarily baffled about the changes and left in wonderment.
It’s not uncommon to see status updates such as, “Just as soon as I got used to the old Facebook, they go and change everything again” right after a Facebook makeover.
The reasons for these constant and most likely unnecessary changes: To keep it interesting? To keep it updated and relevant? To lure more Facebook users?
Whatever the reason may be, Facebook users will never figure it out because another change will be made before a conclusive answer is made.
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