I agree 100% with Timothy above. This is very similar to when the newsfeed was introduced and now it's one of the best features. Because facebook is "social", one person's bad opinion spreads quickly and people just agree and join these groups to rebel because everyone else is doing it! What bothers me is I don't think most people are taking the time to really play around with the new design/features before coming to a conclusion. I will admit, my initial reaction was negative when I first switched over but now I love it and even forget what the old design looked like. My advice to friends has been to give it time. I believe they do listen to feedback unlike most web companies and it was nice of them to even give people the option to try it out first by switching back and forth, something we have never really seen before. Check out Scoble's interview with the lead product manager if you have not yet: http://is.gd/2IEE.