Students protest Facebook changes

published dukechronicle.com
by Qinyun Wang
published September 12, 2006

While users were busy checking friends' profiles and pictures, Facebook.com silently prepped and readied itself for a facelift. And when the results were unexpectedly unveiled Sept. 5, the volume of response was overwhelming.

Many students across the country and on Duke's campus expressed shock and anger when the changes were made. Although individual opinions varied, the general sentiment was quite clear--an "I Hate the New Facebook" group search turns up more than 500 global results. Two new features introduced Sept. 5--News Feed and Mini-Feed--caused the commotion.

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