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by ethank 5388 days ago
I hate to jump on a hater bandwagon, because I genuinely am a proponent of innovation, but: really?

I think part of the usage of a web product should be to put you in a state of ease and enjoyment, not anxiety. The new FB puts me in an anxious state. I feel I'm always on the verge of missing something.

Twitter I feel has balanced the checking-in anxiety issue with a compelling product experience, and I always felt that Facebook allowed me to maneuver through the information flow at a pace I wanted.

Now, I'm presented with a realtime feed and a curated feed within the same context. I just get an anxious feeling looking at it.

I think the technology is amazing behind it. To be able to do realtime information flow and processing on this scale is astounding. But I think product developers need to focus not only one the technology that drives the user experience, but the emotion they are trying to instill on the users.

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I retract my views in light of Timeline.