teh TODDtastic webLog-a-majig

Back when the new Facebook came around… I wrote an entry saying why it sucked (see #3 and #7). I noticed they added a lot of white space which would eventually be filled with more ads.

Well… when the new Facebook came around… it had a total of 2 over in that white space I mentioned. Now there are 3. Not a big deal… but it does show a 50% growth. And it does show that I was right in calling that the added white space was for future ad space. They also added ads to the gray box on your Home screen. I thought they would add them under that gray box… but instead they added it in the box! Now that white space under that gray box is REALLY wasteful.

Beyond that…. I still find most things on that orignal list annoying. Applications mostly piss me off now…. NONE OF THEM WORK!

And I’ve seen hardly any effort by Facebook to improve these retarded design elements. It’s rather sad if you really examine their design. I absolutely think they can do a lot better.

Oh well.

When I first heard of Facebook, I thought it was a good concept. That was before it went public and became really popular. Everywhere I go, I see people on a computer checking Facebook. It WAS a great site, but lately I’ve become more and more pissed off by it. It used to be that it was nice, simple, and elegant. No clutter and no way to modify it to put shitty themes on it. That was when it was great. However, at some point they added applications, which could have been a good idea, but of course it is there to abuse. Now, I have to constantly fend off all the stupid applications that people invite me to use. I hate doing that. Ever day, I need to ignore at least 2 new applications, usually having something to do with vampires, or free condoms, or super super super advanced walls. These things alone clutter up the Facebook pages. I hate wanted to just go write on someones wall, but having to scroll all the way through 50 applications to find their wall. I hate all the stupid twinkly things and having all the “Vampire bite me!” and “Pirates win!” and “Here are my top friends, you aren’t cool if you aren’t on my list.”

Please, let the madness stop! What happened to the simple networking concept of it?! Why is it that every time such a site gets popular, it gets abused to shit? Is it because the general population just likes their web sites nice and shitty?