It seems like everyone on Facebook is up in arms about the new Newsfeed and mini-feed features. I don't get why. My typical Facebook session before the update was:
(1) I log into Facebook
(2) make sure there aren't messages or invites
(3) click on "My Friends"
(4) look at who has made updates
(5) click on a few of the friends to try and find out what they changed.
(6) Logout
Half the time, I have no idea what the person changed in step 5. I would have loved a feature that would tell me what was changed. Now what does Facebook offer? A way to know what people changed, and even on the home page. Is there some reason people don't want to know this information?
People complain that Facebook has become too "stalkerish" or they deserve the privacy of not having everyone know that they changed something. How you can't complain about privacy to people you agreed to look at your profile, and whom you control what they see. You can even delete the entries.
Maybe these people want to be seen more than they want to see. These are often the type of people who collect "friends" without regard if they really are friends.
I think Facebook can do a little to assuage concerns by setting options on either who gets your feeds or what categories you send out; however, I think when you click on a person it should still show what was changed.
So there's my opinion. I, for one, like the features and hope Facebook keeps it.
