On Wednesday, Facebook announced what they built up to be monumental changes to their service that was supposed to blow my socks off, redefine innovation in social networking, and massively one up the competition. Based on the hype I was seeing, you’d think they’d discovered the cure for cancer.
I was massively disappointed. Course I’m not a Facebook addict like many, so maybe someone out there, other than Mark Zuckerberg, was blown away.
What I found interesting though is the big backlash and steady stream of users bitching about the changes. Were they really that earth shattering that people would feel the need to complain so vehemently? What strikes me as funny about this is the fact that Facebook is……..FREE!!!
Sure everyone is entitled to their opinions, but at the end of the day, if you don’t like it, stop your moaning and take your eyeballs somewhere else. Google would be happy to welcome you with open arms. Heck, take all that time you spend in status land and do something constructive with your time like learning a new online skill that stands to actually RETURN something to you.
All of this reminds me of a post I read on a blog a year or so ago about someone on a plane where they had just fired up their inflight wifi access. They were offering it for free while they worked out the bugs. During the flight, people were livid when the service crashed and Internet access was not available. Yes, livid. Again, a FREE service, that is in beta, and people get pissed when they get inconvenienced.
I guess this serves as a reminder that there are a lot of dumb, lazy people out there. Not dumb in the sense of no smarts, but dumb in the common sense way. There’s not a lot of logic to complaining about a free service. It’s one thing to make suggestions and offer constructive criticism, but complaining because of change is pointless. Those are the same people that will never accomplish their goals and dreams because they have to actually WORK for something. If it doesn’t come easy, or isn’t handed to them, they complain about how tough they have it and how they can’t catch any breaks.
Foster the opposite with the limited amount of time and energy you have each day. Think positively and critically about the challenges you face. One of the things I absolutely LOVE about the Internet is what a level playing field it is. Literally ANYONE can turn nothing into millions. The difference between winners and losers is attitude and some good old fashioned hard work.
September 26th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Great sharing ,
You mentioned well how to understand our clients we should give these type of service to our clients which they are wanted from us. So this is the example from where we can learn lots of things
One more thing i would like to say you mentioned very well in bottom of your blog post ""Think positively and critically about the challenges"" these are very true words to do some great works for himself as well as for clients and if we have self confidence alongwith that then we should do any type of work with great understanding.
September 26th, 2011 at 10:56 pm
Nice post about Facebook announcement dat what they built up to be monumental changes to their service that was supposed to blow my socks off, redefine innovation in social networking, and massively one up the competition. many people don't have addiction for facebook. I also hv not addiction of facebook. I like your post. Thanks for Sharing!
September 27th, 2011 at 6:13 am
I hate the new changes in facebook.. In near future everything will be only about Google+ as many users are shifting because of stupid changes in facebook.
September 27th, 2011 at 8:06 am
People would rather bitch about something than take the time to either fix it or come up with a better idea. When I see that many people complaining, it makes me think there might be an opportunity there.