When Bad Upgrades Happen To Good People

So the most popular social network on the internet, Facebook celebrated their sixth anniversary by rolling out a layout upgrade. Unfortunately for the millions of users, the layout was not all that changed. I and many others have been having trouble with the Most Recent News Feed.  It used to be called the Live Feed but all I see now is posts from no more recent than two hours ago.

Oddly enough, I sometimes do see current news but as soon as I refresh the page, bang, back to two hours old.  Hopefully they will fix their bug soon. Recent polls show that 94% of Facebook users are not crazy about the changes.

How advantageous for Google to debut their Social Network Google Buzz, tied to G-Mail.  It's not live for the masses yet, but once it is, it will be interesting to see how many defectors it will take with it.

Aside from the lost News Feed entries I don't care for the hidden logout link.  After some searching, I found it. The icons next to the loo are fine, I can live with. I can live with most changes. I can not live with the flaky News Feed. That is the reason I use the site.  I do not play Farmville, Mafiaville, Horoscopeville or any other game that requires access to my profile info and that of my friends. 

I use the Facebook to reconnect and stay connected with friends, old and new.  Without that, it is a worthless website.  The Social part of the Network is missing.

So far, Facebook's new upgrade gets One Billy.