The only issue I have is the disappearance of the navigation that was formerly on the top right which linked to:

http://www.facebook.com/photos/

The UI on that page kills the new Photo feed–and isn’t randomly selective. Also, there’s no navigation that links to the old Groups layout as well. As long as the old layouts still exist and I can access them directly via their URLs, it’s not that big of a deal.

I do like your take on how to use lists adequately with it as the information flow cane be too plentiful for the default feed. It seems like a great way to make some of the chattier friends disappear. Thanks for the tips!

Personally, I had almost entirely made the switch to Twitter for my social media needs. There was a combination of reasons for this, one of which being the hundreds of Facebook friends I don’t want to hear about–a problem that would seem to be solved by the Friends List feature. However, using that feature would make my Facebook experience even MORE like Twitter, since I would prioritize all you guys. On top of that, I haven’t had a working camera for a while and am happy using my iPhone to share moments via photograph (Twitpic).

There are lots of differences in how you use social media vs. how I use it (you have 10 times the Twitter followers/followees I have to manage; you make your living in the media/tech industry; etc.), so perhaps that is what really makes our experiences different. But I’m still curious to hear (a) how you used to use Facebook, (b) how you use it now, and (c) what you get from Facebook that you don’t get from Twitter. Then, what implications does the redesign have for Facebook’s strategy to stay relevant?

Also, what’s UI/UX? Heh.

While I agree with this, it can easily be remedied with the creation of even one list, like I illustrated above. This has actually changed the way I use Facebook and I love it.

..then the latest FB update hit. and I was PISSED. it was really jarring, it seemed to be totally disjointed from aUI/UE perspective. I complained like a whiney, old school media clown.

but I think you’re right. they made a BIG change but now are making things better in the fly. and perhaps (though they don’t show it – they might just be listening in the background and using web analytics to update in the fly.

maybe that’s a better model than little iterative changes and waiting for customers to comment on every little thing. i’m 100% percent for customer centricity – but like a good comedian maybe you need to “say: something jarring on stage..see how people react live, and then adjust your act on the fly ;)