CHICAGO — Online hangout Facebook is forcing its 90 million members to adapt to a redesigned site, unveiled in late July. Beginning this week, users’ profiles will be irrevocably migrated to the new site. And the changes are being met with a mix of protest and resignation.
Instead of finding a glut of information on a single profile page, personal news and photos are split up into tabbed pages. Also, third-party applications are more hidden.
“Like anything, you have to get used to it, so there’s always that period where you can’t find things,” said 28-year-old Mike Kelly of Chicago.
Still, it’s unlikely that the dissatisfaction with the redesign will trigger a mass defection from Facebook to a competing social networking site, such as MySpace or Bebo.
