"Nation of whiners" ;) But seriously, I think a part is that Facebook gives the discontented an inherent place to voice their complaints, and dislike is more motivating than "Okay" or "Good", and change is a harder sell in the "if it ain't broke" viewpoint.
Scott On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Loren Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > People have historically resisted change on Facebook. When they released > the News Feed feature (now the doubly-linked Home page), thousands of people > protested and joined groups in a huge backlash. I can't speak for everyone > else, but personally find the newsfeed very useful and engaging. It appears > that, once people got over the kneejerk reaction, many see it the same way. > > I wonder why the resistance to change is so high. Is it simply because the > new design is poorer and the effort of relearning the system is annoying? > Or is there also a deeper emotional component, like coming home and finding > that someone has reorganized your room... even if the organization makes > more sense? > -- * It's very important to know when you're in a pissing match. And it's very important to get out of it as quickly as possible. - Randy Pausch ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
