In Defense of the New Facebook. (Also, Am I the Only Person Who Likes It?)

Facebook has been everyone's favorite networking tool ever since we discovered that it lacked embedded porn and the ability to force loud music on us, like MySpace. In the last year, however, I've been disappointed with it.

First of all, if I am not being asked to be a ninja I am being asked to join a group of losers who want me to petition Facebook to clone tree frogs or some crap like that.

Secondly, lately when I have visited someone's page I would find that they had so many annoying 'boxes' on their Facebook layout that I couldn't always find their Wall or their pictures. I had to wade through the SuperWall and the 15 quiz results to get to anything I wanted to see. (I don't care which Sex and the City character you are and does that info really need to take up half of the screen? Anyway, there are only four of those women, did you end up being most like the dirty minded socialite who likes shoes? This isn't exactly Myers-Briggs.)

In the new Facebook, I can find what I want by clicking on the tabs and if I want to know the BackStreet boy you are most compatible with I can click on the tab for asinine applications. The old Facebook was clearly not designed for this explosion of third party programs and the new one has made my life easier.