I find this funny, here is an article where it talks about Facebook users leveraging developer accounts they signed up for, so they can go back to the old Facebook. When you have the developer application installed it puts a link at the top of your profile page to switch back to the old Facebook. This makes sense since developers may have to maintain functionality on the old Facebook as well as the new. The funny thing is, I have had a developer account almost as long as I have had a Facebook account. I just assumed that option was on everyone’s page. It is a nice little hack, although Facebook is going to turn that option off soon.
It also seems that the users flooded the developer message boards voicing their distaste for the new Facebook. Ah… well… I hate to break it to them, but shhhh… those message boards are for the apps developers. There are Facebook staff that hang out and such, but all you are doing is irritating the person who wrote that stupid app you put on your page and don’t use. Stop! You are distracting them from doing input validation 
I don’t really understand this UI rebellion. Who cares. I mean, really you can do the same stupid things you could do previously. If you don’t like it use MySpace. The more you look at Facebook the more it looks less and less like a social network anyway. The other day on TechCrunch there was an article called Facebook Isn’t A Social Network. And Stop Trying to Make New Friends There. I agree with this viewpoint. MySpace and other social networks are much more conducive to meeting new people and finding individuals with similar interests. It all depends on what you use a social network for.
I have an idea for all of the people who don’t like the new Facebook, the best way to rebel, is to quit using Facebook. That will get their attention. I know it won’t happen, but it isn’t like there aren’t alternatives. I mean, what does Facebook give you that other social networks won’t? The answer is nothing. Most people have accounts on multiple soc nets anyway. There are some 800,000 users in the I hate the new Facebook group. If they all quit using their accounts, that would have an impact. Do it or quit complaining. The choice is yours. The reason nothing changes is because they know you won’t leave.
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