Just when everyone was getting used to the last Facebook change (the “News Feed” vs “Live Feed” thing), they once again make another change to their home page.
According to Facebook, the new home page is “provides easy access to your entire Facebook experience”. That statement has yet to be proven. From what I can see, the most apparent changes are:
1. Search field has relocated from the upper right corner to the upper left center
2. Friend requests are in the upper left corner, identified by this symbol: ![]()
3. Messages are next to the “friend requests”, identified by this symbol: ![]()
4. Notifications are right next to “messages”, identified by this symbol: ![]()
5. If you are the admin of a Facebook “fan” page, you can now enter that page via the left side bar (moved from the bottom footer bar), identified by this symbol: ![]()
6. Privacy and account settings can now be found under the “Account” drop down in the upper right corner
Of course this change couldn’t come at a worse time. Yesterday I hosted a four hour workshop in Social Media to a local real estate company, 1.5 hours which were spent on Facebook, and everything they learned has changed.
Honestly, I can see how the new changes will make Facebook easier to navigate, but they should just leave it alone. Facebook may soon find that their 400 million users may dwindle due to frustration.
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