Remember just a few months ago when millions of people petitioned against the ‘New Facebook’?  You’re finally getting used to the ‘New Facebook’, seeing that it does have some nice qualities.

The people at Facebook do not like their members to get comfortable.  Soon, users will see a new facebook homepage which according to some, is making Facebook more closely resemble Twitter.

Some of the notable changes:
•    Facebook’s popular ‘News Feed’ will be updated in real-time.
•    Filters are located in the sidebar, allowing you to control who you see updates from (friends, family, network based)
•    Statuses are more than just text and links; they can include pictures and videos now

Those are the big changes that I noticed.  Wired.com has more facebook changes in their blog with screenshots comparing the old and new.
Having the news feed updated in real-time will be an improvement; refreshing for new statuses was a small annoyance.  The filter system has the qualities of TweetDeck; to have high school friends, college friends, co-workers and more in their own respective group should clean out a lot of the ‘rif-raf’ that can clutter one’s Facebook news feed.

Change is good.  I was one of four fans of the ‘New Facebook’ when that was released, and I support the new homepage.  This will only help enhance the Facebook user experience.  Changes like these should be embraced, not petitioned against.

Will this be the last change we see for a while?  Facebook needs to develop a consistency so users can become familiar with everything that facebook has to offer.  With changes every few months, we will always be playing catch up.

What do you think?

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