Petition
September 5th, 2006 by kiyoshimartinez
If you do not like the new Facebook.com “News Feed” and “Mini Feed,” then please sign our official petition which has lots of signatures already and don’t forget to tell your friends to sign it as well:
Facebook.com Users Against the “News Feed” and “Mini Feed”
To the administrators of Facebook.com on the date of September 5, 2006:
Whereas Facebook.com is a social networking Web site and utility owned as a private company started in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg;
Whereas Facebook.com is a useful and entertaining tool for those on its networks;
Whereas the users on Facebook.com support the site’s stated philosophy of helping people spread information through social networks;
Whereas the users on Facebook.com understand the privacy settings and their role in protecting personal, private information;
Whereas drastic changes were make to Facebook.com on September 5, 2006, including the introduction of the “News Feed” and “Mini Feed” that call into question the safety and privacy of its more than 9 million users;
Whereas there has been an unprecedented outpouring of opposition to the changes within the community;
Whereas many users feel uncomfortable participating on Facebook.com because of the changes to the point that some have deactivated their accounts;
We, the Facebook.com user community:
–Encourage Facebook.com administrators to actively communicate and consult with users in a democratic dialogue concerning any current and future changes.
AND:
–Demand the immediate removal of the “news feed” and “mini feed” feature from Facebook.com.
OR:
–Allow an individual to remove himself or herself from the “news feed” and “mini feed” feature on other users’ page.
–Allow an individual to remove his or her own personal “news feed” and “mini feed” feature from his or her personal profile.Sincerely,
[…] at first i highly disliked the new “feed” features of facebook, but after about 12 hours of tinkering, i think i’m growing to enjoy them. it seems that much of the rest of the facebook population hasn’t given the feeds a chance. i don’t think i’ve ever seen such a collective outcry from college students before. the number of digital signatures on the petition against the “new facebook” is growing at an extraordinary pace. when i first got the link at nearly 10pm, there were just over 2700 signatures, and now, at the time of this post there are 4000 more! […]
[…] the savefacebook petition signature count: 10,000 and still counting […]
[…] apparently since i blogged about the facebook issue, clips of my posts - including this one - are showing up under the petition on savefacebook.com, with over 73,000 signatures. i’m starting to think savefacebook.com was just created so that the owners, kiyoshi martinez and jeremy pelzer could take credit and gain the popularity of being the creators and purveyors of the movement. i don’t think they actually care about the facebook feeds. i’m not really blaming them or anything. in fact, i tip my hat to them for being so quick to the draw. i wonder if they’ll use this as a way to try and make some sort of networking site of their own. […]