The new design, click to expand

Like it or not, Facebook could really care less. There is already a group of 1.6 million users that wants to petition against it, but if history has thought us anything is that Facebook could care less of what its users think – it’s not like they will leave (even if they wanted to, they can only “deactivate” their account). More ranting after the break

I personally like the design and think it is better than the last one – all the news events are now better organized different fields of the layout, making it easier to find what you are looking for in a flash. Additionally, you can now sort your news on filters you set – for example of your different networks – work, school, or geographical. Everything is rounder and it is easier to post status updates, links, videos, or photos, since it’s all done from the same box now. Oh and another feature as useless as the old “Poke” is added and it’s called Nickname. Other than that, not a whole lot of changes to report.

And would people PLEASE give it up with those useless petitions – they don’t go anywhere and it involves me having to open emails I get, as well as invitations to groups like “Bring the old Facebook back” and such. A free service is a free service. The company will do what it thinks will bring them the most money, so they will design the layout with that in mind and would not invest time and money to address everyone’s demands. Even if they did listen to what a group had to say, out of 175 million users, only 1.6 million are in that group, meaning that over 99% of their users don’t mind the new design.

Facebook opens up with new TOS

Facebook has been under attack of accusations that it sells information out to third parties ever since it got popular. It seems that now the pressure is more than ever, especially with the recent change in TOS (Terms of Service) which sparked an Internet-wide debate.

In any case, Facebook is opening the doors to its parliament, and its users can vote on the new changes for the next 30 days or so. This is right after the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) announced it is ready to file a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission over the new changes in the TOS, which by the way, were unnoticed and unannounced for a little while.

No matter what the new TOS brings, I wouldn’t trust Facebook with my information. As far as I am concerned, it sells all of it to the highest bidder. 3rd parties can use it in a multitode of ways – they link your email, phone, name, and other contact information to your friends, pictures, surfing habits, personal preferences (what music you like, what is your favorite movie, to what activities you enjoy), and the school and job you have. That’s a lot of information, more than most other places on the web. Not to mention that once you enter it in there, it’s forever kept in your account, which can not be erased – only disabled.

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