Ever since Facebook decided to move to their new layout, users have been begging Facebook to shift back to the old layout or at the very least allow users the choice. Numerous groups have started to protest this, including one purported to be encouraged by Marc Zomberg, the founder of Facebook (of course, I doubt Marc had anything to do with it. Especially since his name is Mark Zuckerberg [Thanks Sumit for the heads-up]).
At the time of this posting, here are just a few of the Facebook groups and the member count:
- IF 10 MILLION JOIN MARC ZOMBERG WILL BRING BACK THE OLD FACEBOOK!: 971,354
- 1 000 000+ to bring back old facebook: 371,769
- I PREFER THE OLD FACEBOOK: 308,568
- Please Keep the Old Facebook. The New Version is A Disaster: 474,965
Those we just the ones I found with 100,000+ members. There seem to be dozen more groups with 10-100,000 members and many more with fewer than 10,000. Regardless, there seems to be a very strong contingent of users who are upset with Facebook’s move.
This is a good example whereby the Facebook tribe pushes back on the company that ‘built’ it. I breifly mentioned in yesterday’s post about how tribes sometimes turn on the companies that ‘created’ them.
It is ironic how Facebook’s own tools and purpose are now working against them. Essentially, the created the condition for this new anti-tribe to nucleate and grow rapidly.
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:42 am
Marc Zuckerberg was the founder of Facebook, not Zomberg. I think its just a play on Zuckerberg’s name - and I doubt too (like you) that he had anything to do with it.