Facebook’s Best Bet: Ignoring Whiny Users, Pushing Ahead With New Design

Nick | Sep 09, 2008 | Comments 0

As Facebook prepares to roll out its new design across its entire user base, some of its more vocal members are increasingly raising a fuss. The “I Hate The New Facebook” group, which had 100,000 members last week, now has almost 700,000. The group even supplies a list of 20 things they hate about the new design:

Some are confused about how to use it — fair enough; others find it visually unappealing; while one wants to know why it doesn’t work with Windows ‘98. One proposes a “mass move to MySpace or one of their competition sites.”

But as Facebook no doubt knows, its best bet is ignoring most of its detractors and moving along with its new design. Why? Read more on Alleyinsider