My comment shouldn't be taken literally. The point is that even if the poll is "worthless" or grossly inaccurate (it is a poll after all, not a scientific study), there is clearly discontent among the users. I've heard people in real life, seen twitter comments, and read blog posts about how people are threatening to either ban facebook or check it less frequently. But guess what: it doesn't matter. People will still use Twitter which is the whole reason facebook made this move to begin with, and I would be surprised if facebook retreated. Facebook used to be the new time consuming activity on the Internet and now Twitter is. Who knows, maybe Heyzap or thesixtyone will be the new ones.
To cite another grossly biased and unscientific metric: last time facebook changed their design, I was flooded with invitations to join groups protesting it ("1 mio strong against", "Say no to" and so on). This time around, not one. At least my 300 friends don't care enough to invite me to join them in a protest.
Maybe because the average human is inherently lazy and doesn't want to re-learn how to use the new UI? Or maybe because the average human is pleased when something does never change? Or, maybe, because the average human loves being a whiner? :)
Notable complaints: beacon, ToS, this. Beacon was a terrible idea. They shouldn't have backed down from the ToS because it would have blown over. 'this' remains to be seen.
I had no problem with the ToS, 'this' I have a problem with, the feel is awkward and now it feels a lot more awkward and cluttered.
I think facebook's main problem is that they could gradually make changes, piece by piece and no one would ever really notice. Yet they change the entire home page and you get reactions like this because the feel is drastically different.
This isn't notable. There are always redesign changes. This is just the first major redesign happening at a time when the tech world thinks hating Facebook is fashionable, so it's echoing more.
