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[kirstenl4w]

OK, so the wait while the ads on LJ show themselves is frustrating, but at least when I go to read my friends page, I see everything. Facebook, on the other hand, is driving me to drink. An "algorithm" decides what I need to see in my live feed. I've tried adding people in through the "edit options" so I can see everything, and it still doesn't change it. Then I'll refresh, and as if by magic, everything is there. Another refresh and it disappears. I don't understand - I don't understand how to get to see everything I want, because it doesn't work when I follow the directions, I don't understand why FB feels the need to constantly fuck with things, and I don't understand why they aren't losing their user base left and right because of all this shit.

I give up for now. I need chocolate. And a drink, but I'm still at work.

Comments

[meramoo.livejournal.com]

speaking as someone in the industry,

I think they're going to lose a lot of traffic until they fix this, and probably lose some permanently. I'm very surprised that they didn't test this more thoroughly, it's very unprofessional of them. That said, the trend lately has been towards incremental changes instead of big releases, because people gravitate towards what they are familiar with. My whole field is about figuring out what users' expectations are, and how to design to that.

[pom-e-granate.livejournal.com]

It's driving me freaking nuts. And I still haven't been switched over to the "new" system. The old one is just...broken now. Awesome.

[ziola.livejournal.com]

I don't even mind the new format, but the fact that sometimes when I reload I get all new content, but if I reload again immediately it says that nobody's posted in hours drives me crazy! What's wrong with their database?

[missalleysun.livejournal.com]

That LJ ad is going to make me lose my mind. My computer is slow so I can't even look at anything else while I wait. The pinwheel just spins and spins and spins....rawr.

[guivers.livejournal.com]

How are you even commenting FB? They don't provide any contact info, so how are you putting in complaints?

I haven't seen these issues, primarily because I'm not on FB often, but yeah, the popularity thing is ludicrous. The people I WANT to keep up on are like-minded people who don't FB very often, so I still won't get their info if the feed is volume-based. That sounds SO STUPID. So everyone will be getting updated with the folks who are all "Now I'm brushing my teeth." "Off to work." "Driving to work." "Stopped at the lights." etc. Gah!