Comments on: Facebook celebrates b-day with major redesign http://welcometojmart.com/2010/02/facebook-celebrates-b-day-with-a-major-redesign/ Josh Martin's Blog on Social & Emerging Media Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: 6 Things You Might Have Missed Last Week http://welcometojmart.com/2010/02/facebook-celebrates-b-day-with-a-major-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-15 6 Things You Might Have Missed Last Week Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:52:23 +0000 http://welcometojmart.com/?p=155#comment-15 [...] Facebook went through a pretty major redesign. [...] [...] Facebook went through a pretty major redesign. [...]

]]> By: Jeff Hilimire http://welcometojmart.com/2010/02/facebook-celebrates-b-day-with-a-major-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Jeff Hilimire Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:48:43 +0000 http://welcometojmart.com/?p=155#comment-143 Two days in, I really like the changes to Facebook. It just feels a little more organized and easy to get to information.<br><br>I do wonder though if Facebook needs to start finding ways to allow people/businesses to "unorganize" their pages/profiles a little. Brands especially are going to want more customization. They're close to buying into the importance of social networks but the big hold back (other than lack of control which they don't have anyway but don't realize that yet) is the ability to invoke a brand impression to people visiting the page. They can do that on their .com website but its hard to do on a Facebook page.<br><br>So the more Facebook moves to making a very clean, organized, non-sexy interface, they might be doing more long-term harm than good. Two days in, I really like the changes to Facebook. It just feels a little more organized and easy to get to information.

I do wonder though if Facebook needs to start finding ways to allow people/businesses to “unorganize” their pages/profiles a little. Brands especially are going to want more customization. They're close to buying into the importance of social networks but the big hold back (other than lack of control which they don't have anyway but don't realize that yet) is the ability to invoke a brand impression to people visiting the page. They can do that on their .com website but its hard to do on a Facebook page.

So the more Facebook moves to making a very clean, organized, non-sexy interface, they might be doing more long-term harm than good.

]]> By: Jeff Hilimire http://welcometojmart.com/2010/02/facebook-celebrates-b-day-with-a-major-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Jeff Hilimire Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:48:43 +0000 http://welcometojmart.com/?p=155#comment-14 Two days in, I really like the changes to Facebook. It just feels a little more organized and easy to get to information.<br><br>I do wonder though if Facebook needs to start finding ways to allow people/businesses to "unorganize" their pages/profiles a little. Brands especially are going to want more customization. They're close to buying into the importance of social networks but the big hold back (other than lack of control which they don't have anyway but don't realize that yet) is the ability to invoke a brand impression to people visiting the page. They can do that on their .com website but its hard to do on a Facebook page.<br><br>So the more Facebook moves to making a very clean, organized, non-sexy interface, they might be doing more long-term harm than good. Two days in, I really like the changes to Facebook. It just feels a little more organized and easy to get to information.

I do wonder though if Facebook needs to start finding ways to allow people/businesses to “unorganize” their pages/profiles a little. Brands especially are going to want more customization. They're close to buying into the importance of social networks but the big hold back (other than lack of control which they don't have anyway but don't realize that yet) is the ability to invoke a brand impression to people visiting the page. They can do that on their .com website but its hard to do on a Facebook page.

So the more Facebook moves to making a very clean, organized, non-sexy interface, they might be doing more long-term harm than good.

]]> By: Amy http://welcometojmart.com/2010/02/facebook-celebrates-b-day-with-a-major-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Amy Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:00:17 +0000 http://welcometojmart.com/?p=155#comment-13 Looking forward to seeing this rolled out. I'm sure people will complain, but it looks relatively clean from this screenshot! Looking forward to seeing this rolled out. I'm sure people will complain, but it looks relatively clean from this screenshot!

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