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Facebook's new look draws criticism from area users

This article basically describes how the bosses of Facebook have introduced many new features to the site such as grouping friends and categories, larger photo displays and the larger news feed that is very open for anybody to see people's every move on the site. A report on Thursday, 22^nd Sept, revealed that many people were unhappy with the changes, they now found Facebook complex and confusing to use. Whereas before people could navigate simply around the site, the Facebook team have introduced new features such as music, movies and TV shows and this is just the beginning of their changes. They expect advertising revenue to bring in at least 3.8bn dollars and to increase further in 2012. Facebook executives have made these changes to improve the service so it’s users will spend more time on that site and not be enticed to other social networks like Google plus.

Personally I find the changes made to Facebook quite confusing however I still think they are an improvement with many extras, for example it is easier to stay connected with friends and to keep in touch with updates in a user friendly way. I think one of the disadvantages is the conversations amongst friends are less private as all pictures, comments, photos and interactions among friends are immediately recorded on the newsfeed for everybody to see.

http://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Facebook-s-new-look-draws-criticism