Facebook Overhauls News Feed and Friends, Users Revolt

Don't want a live ticker of friends' activites? Too bad.

If you’ve been on Facebook today, you’ve probably noticed some big changes—and a lot of pop-ups attempting to explain them. The social network says that the new features will improve users’ experience on the site, but, as usual, the users themselves aren’t responding too positively to the changes.

The most obvious differences are on Facebook’s homepage, where there’s been a complete overhaul of the News Feed that’s supposed to turn it into “your own personal newspaper.”

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