The group has grown remarkably quickly given that the changes were only introduced by Facebook on 23 October. Members of the group object to the introduction of a split between the News Feed, which is based on the 'most interesting' stories of the past day, and the Live Feed, which is what is going on at the time the user is logged in.
Facebook has pointed out out that the Live Feed will continue to show users what is going on as long as they are logged in to Facebook, and that they can edit what appears in the feed by clicking the 'edit options' button at the bottom of the homepage. Nonetheless, hundreds of thousands of members have already declared that they hate they changes.
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Facebook has demonstrated that it listens to user feedback, when it modified plans to introduce the Beacon advertising system, but it seems likely that users will have to suck up the most recent changes.
The last major redesign introduced the live news feed and was met with similar protest, however Facebook chose to stick with it and dissent quickly died down.
, talking about how he felt about Facebook members 'screaming' about changes to the site.
He said: "We really listen to what people are saying and then we think about it ... We know where we are today, we know where we want to go in the future. What if their feedback is going to be very valuable in helping us build the best product for the long term and which pieces do we think over time they'll get used to?"
Separately, Facebook has proposed introducing a system for 'memorialising' profiles of Facebook members who have died. Memorialised profiles would only be available to people who had already befriended the person before their deaths and not show up in searches. Contact details would be removed but friends would still be able to write on the wall of the deceased person, as a way of paying tribute.
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