I've really never seen a "facebook sucks" post that wasn't based on one of the following tired arguments:
- Ludditism
Usually of the form:
Technology is *TEARING US APART* don't you see?! (Response: No, not really, perhaps you just suck at communicating?)
- Ignorance of use
Usually of the form:
WTF I got fired for posting all those pictures of me using drugs?! (Response: Learn to use the privacy settings!)
or: It's too noisy, all of these stupid game requests.. (Response: Block the offending apps and ask your friends to knock it off)
- Bad connections
Usually of the form:
or: [annoying/offensive] $person keeps appearing in my news feed (Response: Block the offending person!)
or: All of my friends post pointless, boring minuate of their lives! (I.e. the Twitter argument) (Response: Don't friend those people!)
or: I don't want to turn down my Boss' friend request and look bad! I'm $sociallyUnfasionableThing! (Response: Use lists.)
It was refreshing to see one that actually lays out with an actual example what the problem is, in this case, algorithmic changes which ruined his experience. He veered toward #1 above at the very end, but still this was interesting to read.
Every single one of these things above, though, traces back to ignorance (usually) or cirucmstance. Could Facebook do a better job of making these things obvious? Absolutely. Facebook is not an intuitive site to use, and even when you have your head around it, they usually change something arbitrarily (the recent email thing comes to mind).
However, that said, you really shouldn't dump on the site wholesale just because it doesn't work for you. It works for millions of other people just fine.
Every single one of these things above, though, traces back to ignorance (usually) or cirucmstance. Could Facebook do a better job of making these things obvious? Absolutely. Facebook is not an intuitive site to use, and even when you have your head around it, they usually change something arbitrarily (the recent email thing comes to mind).
However, that said, you really shouldn't dump on the site wholesale just because it doesn't work for you. It works for millions of other people just fine.