What do Facebook and George Lucas have in common? They can't stop messing with their product.
Facebook has redesigned their UI to make a user's front page look a lot more like a newspaper, with a list of "top stories" down the center, and a ticker down the right side that has real-time updates on friends' activities. These UI updates really make Facebook look like they are chasing other social networking services like Twitter and Google+, except that CNET's Molly Wood says it's all really a bit of a mess, and, like so many other updates to Facebook, not optional for its users.
The change (unannounced of course) has created an online backlash with users sick of the tweaking.
This comes as Google Plus announced that it was going open and no longer requiring invitations to join. I don't think Google could have asked for a better promotion than Facebook's move.
