Post by stormbringer951 on Mar 10, 2010 9:46:22 GMT -5
The Situation:
Welcome to the internetz:
And pithy comments from the peanut gallery:
The Webmaster speaks:
All of these are 100% genuine quotes from the source:ReadWriteWeb article - Facebook wants to be your one true login. Raise your hand if it reaffirms your belief in the brilliance of humanity *sarcasm*. The above comments are about 1% of the hilarity and crystallized stupid contained within the article linked above. Go read it.
It took me a minute to grok this, since I typically walk around with the conviction that people aren’t THAT naive, but…
What’s apparently happening here is, Facebook users are googling for “facebook login” (because how else are you going to log into Facebook?), clicking the first result (which is sometimes a story about Facebook, on an unrelated site), assuming that the site itself is Facebook, scrolling to the bottom to get to the comment form - still thinking they’re on Facebook - and using the comment form to complain about how this, a wholly different website, is a terrible redesign of Facebook.
I just don’t even know how to start feeling about any of this. It’s like the Twilight Zone episode where you wake up and everyone in the world has started talking a different language.
It’s like… Like if you asked a friend if there was a Starbucks in his neighborhood and he said, yeah I think there’s one half a mile down, maybe. And you drive half a mile and see a big carwash place, and you park and walk in and ask to speak to the manager. And you tell the carwash manager how unhappy you are with this terrible new Starbucks redesign.
What’s apparently happening here is, Facebook users are googling for “facebook login” (because how else are you going to log into Facebook?), clicking the first result (which is sometimes a story about Facebook, on an unrelated site), assuming that the site itself is Facebook, scrolling to the bottom to get to the comment form - still thinking they’re on Facebook - and using the comment form to complain about how this, a wholly different website, is a terrible redesign of Facebook.
I just don’t even know how to start feeling about any of this. It’s like the Twilight Zone episode where you wake up and everyone in the world has started talking a different language.
It’s like… Like if you asked a friend if there was a Starbucks in his neighborhood and he said, yeah I think there’s one half a mile down, maybe. And you drive half a mile and see a big carwash place, and you park and walk in and ask to speak to the manager. And you tell the carwash manager how unhappy you are with this terrible new Starbucks redesign.
Welcome to the internetz:
My interweb is brokin so facebok is not working fur me!!!! why is red pages now?? PLZZZZZ LET MEINNNN!!!
Am pisssed to da maxxxxxxxx
Am pisssed to da maxxxxxxxx
DO ANYBODY NO HOW TO GET TO FLAKEBOOK?
I love facebook. It is a great way to connect with people on a regular basis. However - I JUST WANT TO SIGN IN and eerytime I try to get on lately it has changed. STOP.
i do not like this. i like the old way
I TRULY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BUT I FEEL LIKE CURSING SOMEBODY OUT!!!!!! I CAN'T EVEN GET TO MY WALL OR ANYTHING !!!! I FEEL LIKE I'V BEEN PUNKED PUT IT BACK LIKE IT WAS!!! YA'LL ACT LIKE YOU WANT TO BE TAKEN TO COURT OR SOMETHING ,I DON'T HAVE THIS KINDA TIME TO BE FOOLING ARROUND ALL I WANT TO DO IS GAIN ACCESS TO MY FACEBOOK PAGE WHAT'S REALLY UP??
I had to leave Facebook because each time I wanted to log in my password was not recognize . Therefore I had to get another one and the same BS was doing te same thing again .I hope this new stuff will not do this
This sucks,why when something works and we get used to it,they have to change it and mess it up!
this sucksssss how do i get on my screen?
hello i want in now whats goin on,jus wen i wasstartin 2 ike it
Who's idea was this?? Hope he's not too big to fire cause he just LOST a bunch of faithful users. Chances are it'll never be the same as it was before....cya
I just want to log in to Facebook - what with the red color and all? LOLLLOLOL!!!!!111
i dont like this new changes i like the way was before and now is a disaster at list live the page the same of before i dont' care if they change the owner.ok?bye now hope you go back the same of before
i need the old facebook this new one is very bad bbbbbbbbbbuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
This is such a mess I can't do a thing on my facebook .The changes you have made are ridiculous,I can't even login!!!!!I am very upset!!!
THIS Sh-- sucks when can i find the place to login so i can Delete MY Facebook Page and all my contents.I personaly don't need this Headach.Posted 02-10-10 ELM
im glad im not da only one mad
hopefuly it might get us somewhermayb
hopefuly it might get us somewhermayb
im going back to my fuckin space u ass holes have to fuck up a good this !!!!! dumn asses
I HATE THE NEW FACEBOOK PAGE , IN FACT I HAVE STARTED TO VISIT IT LESS, BECAUSE IT IS A HASSLE
Who's idea was this?? Hope he's not too big to fire cause he just LOST a bunch of faithful users. Chances are it'll never be the same as it was before....cya
I'm not very pleased now w/ the new facebook. Simplified? Well, I'm not so sure. I typed a message to my daughter and went to send it and could not fine a SEND button!! I couldn't even close the message box and had to close the whole site and log back online. AARRRGGHHHH! Please, let me know where it went.
Like the old log in better!!!
Ok so just when i thought I had about 65% learned facebook, you go and change stuff. No fair.
I just want to log in to Facebook. I don't have time to mess around with all this other stuff!
And pithy comments from the peanut gallery:
ummm guys? Everyone realizes this page is not Facebook right? To login to Facebook, go to Facebook, and use the login option. This is a blog post about Facebook which references logging in.
I was having a bad day before I saw this thread. Feeling better now. Thanks, all of you! Awesome comments thread XD
Agreed! Best comment thread ever. How do more of these people not get caught up in phishing schemes?
TYPE "FACEBOOK.COM" IN THE ADDRESS BAR IN YOUR BROWSER
HOLY *FUCK*
HOLY *FUCK*
I'm like a rat in a Skinner box here.
Refresh. LOL. Refresh. LOL. Refresh. ROFLMAO. Refresh. OMGWTFLOL
Refresh. LOL. Refresh. LOL. Refresh. ROFLMAO. Refresh. OMGWTFLOL
Good news! I found out how to get the old Facebook back!
I just need your bank details to authorise the change.
Email me your bank account number, online banking password, facebook username and password and your home address and I'll get back to you in 5 minutes with your old familiar Facebook!
I just need your bank details to authorise the change.
Email me your bank account number, online banking password, facebook username and password and your home address and I'll get back to you in 5 minutes with your old familiar Facebook!
Just post your Facebook username and password here and one of our support technicians will be in touch.
-Facebook support team
-Facebook support team
This thread of responses is the single most awesome, tragicomic example of internet stupid I've ever been lucky to witness. It's like having Carrot Top pull my spleen out through my nostril.
Screw the blog post's actual topic. The post itself is a brilliant innovation. Genius! Think about this! Everyone who can't figure out that this is a blog post about Facebook, not Facebook itself, is actually prevented from finding Facebook and logging in! Which means-- think about this, world! -- we don't have to read their status updates anymore!
It's like a digital kiddie-pen that prevents the intertube impaired from falling down the stairwell of social media!
Thank you, RWW!
Screw the blog post's actual topic. The post itself is a brilliant innovation. Genius! Think about this! Everyone who can't figure out that this is a blog post about Facebook, not Facebook itself, is actually prevented from finding Facebook and logging in! Which means-- think about this, world! -- we don't have to read their status updates anymore!
It's like a digital kiddie-pen that prevents the intertube impaired from falling down the stairwell of social media!
Thank you, RWW!
This is too funny. No, really, it's TOO funny. The desperation in the voices of those separated from their beloved Facebook. The nearly crack-like addiction apparent in their comments. The bizarro lack of awareness of where they are (as in, not at the Facebook site). Love the Farmville comment Rodrigo!
This page also comes up as #3 for "login to facebook". It was #5 earlier in the day. By evening, it will be #1. By March, Facebook will be out of business, and RWW will have 400 million users. You'll have to build a datacenter just to host this comment thread.
I just want to let all of you know... You are idiots. Congratulations, you mistook a blog for Facebook.
The Webmaster speaks:
@david, it's real. We've determined by looking at our traffic stats that people are doing Google searches for "facebook login" and coming upon RWW. They see the FB Connect button and assume that RWW is the "new Facebook."
Sigh.
The Internet Is Hard.
Sigh.
The Internet Is Hard.
All of these are 100% genuine quotes from the source:ReadWriteWeb article - Facebook wants to be your one true login. Raise your hand if it reaffirms your belief in the brilliance of humanity *sarcasm*. The above comments are about 1% of the hilarity and crystallized stupid contained within the article linked above. Go read it.