Facebook adjusts homepage after criticism

Caving to pressure from a horde of often irate users, Facebook Inc. today announced changes to the unpopular redesign of its home page earlier this month. The popular social networking site has been hammered hard by users revolting against the new Facebook design. The updated home page added, among other things, a real-time news feed stream and a highlights section. The redesign also allows users to share their information with an unlimited number of friends — making the social network a lot more like Twitter. The revolt against the redesign came just a month after Facebook users expressed outrage over changes made to the company’s terms of use. The redesign started rolling out shortly afterward, roiling users again. Some user-created groups on Facebook make it clear just how unhappy and frustrated users are with the new design. According to Vote on the New Facebook Layout, more than 1.3 million people have voted, and only 80,400 support the new design.

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