A Facebook application is polling users on the the new site layout . So far, just over 5% of the nearly 800,000 respondents give it a thumbs up. The rest go the other way.
Users can also leave comments with their thoughts. Recent user comments include “Missing so many features I used to adore. I am saddened,” “Please change it back to the way it was,” and “I hate it and if it doesn’t change I will only check it once in awhile.” Ah, the fickle user.
Until January users and advertisers could create polls directly within Facebook, and the company used them extensively at the Davos World Economic Forum. It would be great it they brought that feature back directly.
No WAY do you ask that question en masse after you’ve already done it. Nothing but downside.
Whaaaa! It’s different! I don’t like it because it’s different. Whaaa!
Deal with it idiots! It’s called adaptation. Now STFU and post some more nude, drunk, drug pictures for the whole world to see.
It’s not about whiny users, facebook is driving us NUTS with their strange and alienating tactics of implementing HUGE changes to a supposed ‘business tool’!!(Yeah I know, its mostly social but hey they are trying to sell ads right?).
Makes one wonder if they even sandbox their changes or just code live with a beer in their hand.
If we did this to our users of our software we would be looking for work in a matter of weeks!
I have said it before and I’ll say it again. Linkedin will soon be the only ‘non tween’ social network! A pity too since they actually started out so well.
Daniel Larsson
https://spideroak.com
Facebook is adopting the big company, marketing research ways of Yahoo and Microsoft. It’s going to kill innovation.
Rather than research, Facebook should do more education – pre-education before the launch. I’ve written the post that they should have promoted 6 months ago to help users setup groups of friends.
http://adecon10...allenge-to.html
If they had, and users categorized friends before the lists got out of hand, then users would benefit from the change. I am. It’s great. Meaningful streams by some dozen friend groups. Much better.
Exactly like orkut updates, no updates about new friends etc. New homepage sucks.. But no alternative to facebook out there
Mack said it best!
agreed!
It’s not because it is different that we don’t like it. We don’t like the new Facebook because it actually is worse than the previous layout. The last time Facebook changed their layout around, I was one of the few who liked it, and eventually most of the whiners did get used to it because it was more useful. It was more organized and streamlined and was an improvement over the cluttered older layout. Now, they’ve gone right back to being a cluttered mess. That is why the new layout sucks; not because it’s different, but because it’s a bloody mess!
Quoth the Facebook, “This application was not developed by Facebook.”
They didn’t ask, someone else did.
I would also like to add that people who are happy with the new layout or just don’t care are not likely to vote in the poll.
agree with this, i was going to vote but not worth adding an application for it.
Agreed, I was about to vote that I liked the changes, but then the big scary prompt of you are about give access to your account came up, and I decided I would rather just leave a positive comment than have some get access to my personal data.
Like I said on the application, I like the new twitter like set-up. The complaints that I have seen that I think are base less is that it has changed, but I find that almost no one explains what they don’t like about it. The site still works and I say it might actually get people to spend more time on it. It makes adding pics, vid, and chatting easier.
The list of complaint that were actually listed in the form of “I don’t like ________ about the new Facebook.” were about the twitter type news feed. I didn’t understand the problem or how it was like twitter until I noticed my news feed had nothing older than 2 hours. That in my head was a feature, not a bug. I was happy to know that some random algorithm is not decided the people I would like to hear from or know about. People would get married or suddenly become single and boy would I look like an ass for not knowing they had a kid, I mean how could I miss all the photos posted… oh thats right, Facebook thought that I didn’t care. Now every time I go to Facebook there are new things in my feed that weren’t there the last 15mins I went there. It encourages me to go there more often and waste more time on the sight. For advertisers, that is great, and maybe Facebook finally makes a profit in its kinda sorta business model.
The other complaint came from people that said that they don’t care what so and so is doing. My reply is, if you don’t care what so and so is doing then why did you add them. If you don’t want a person on your feed, unfriend them. That will solve it. If you don’t want updates on an application, get rid of it. People you don’t want to know about are not your friends.
All I am saying is that people have to let Facebook change so that it can make some money, because if they let it go bankrupt, there will be some very interested parties looking to purchase the user data and usage patterns. In an environment like this, the moment Facebook is stagnant, it is dead. Twitter is getting a lot of traffic and attention, and siphoning off some of that user base because of the unfiltered feed. I think that they are just looking at the market and seeing what they need to do to remain competitive in the social media space.
“People would get married or suddenly become single and boy would I look like an ass for not knowing they had a kid, I mean how could I miss all the photos posted… oh thats right, Facebook thought that I didn’t care. ”
You dipshit. Have you ever used Facebook?
In the old newsfeed, every time one of these friends of yours added a photo, or changed their relationship status, or did anything significant, it was in your goddamn newsfeed — so long as your friends had enabled their privacy controls to allow you to see all of this, of course. (Maybe they didn’t, which is why you felt so unloved and out-of-the-loop.)
You’ll recall: “Joe Blow added new photos to his album, ‘My Brand-New Child.’”
That is what it would say, Aaron. In your newsfeed. Of course, you’d have to read your newsfeed to see that, because they weren’t doing your work for you.
Now you don’t have to be literate at all, because all 60 of Joe’s photos are now splashed ACROSS YOUR NEWS FEED, in 5×7 sizes.
And what’s more, how long do you think those photos are going to sit in your feed right now, when your friends are twittering and quizzing and throwing Peeps at each other all day? About an hour before they’re pushed off the page. You’ll be just as unaware as you were previously, if that’s possible.
As far as your “base less” (sic) criticism — that no one has enumerated the problems with the changes — well, the lists of problems and criticisms are legion.
Comments like yours are so transparently ignorant, it reminds me of talking points given to PR people to spit out for politicians.
Your real concern — that “Facebook…can make some money” is the real kicker. What have they been doing for the last four years? Charity work?
uh noooo….the data is there…the people have voted…the layout is completely jumbled with no clear divisions or alignment…..makes me sick! ….SICK SICK SICK!!
haha…its not that big of a deal…but there wasnt anything wrong with their last revision which was done recently…so its more the confusion more than anything else that gets me…
If it was up to these 94% we were all still living in caves.
what was Mark smoking when he decided to redesign FB
http://health.okguru.com
says the guy one million times less successful than zuck
Actually the application is not developed by facebook is by someone else and is using the rage of user to profit!
Developer = Genius!
This happens every time facebook makes a change. Everyone always hates it and then after a week or a month decides eh it’s really not that different from before.
Dumb poll.
As a web designer, I love the new design. 95% of my use of Fb is to just post interesting links or photos to my friends.
Everything else is just as easy to get to as before. The new design is thoughtful and fine.
Just goes to show how subject the masses are to impulsive groupthink, even on the web, which requires a little more extra bit of intelligence to use than everyday human behavior.
Thank god, I agree with every single one of your points.
It will grow on people, and Facebook “need” this to compete with Twitter. This is Facebook shifting its focus from showing people things about yourself, to sharing things with people in your network, kind of like Pownce was supposed to be.
Users will just have to get used to it I think, I doubt Facebook will modify it in any large way.
Good comparison. It IS what pownce was supposed to be — all my friends are actively involved and sharing things. Just need to add files………
Get a room you two!
Hmm.. an internet-based room where members can enter and chat with each other! Someone should make a service like this, heck, there could even be a feature where only a certain user can see what you’re saying, like talking quietly…
..I propose that this be called a chat-room but other suggestions are welcome.
And yes, I loved Pownce while t was still alive! *sigh* pity it never garnered much Mainstream attention, it could have been great, although, I think it may work better in an existing Social Networking site with additional features like Facebook’s implementation.
Guys check out htt://www.prismstream.com/ It has much better user interface and its a web conferencing/social networking site
I’m in the 95% – but I didn’t start that way. I loved the new UI, until I started noting a shift in usage of the functionality. The noise level has gone up, because I’m being subjected to aspects of the “news feed” I don’t want to see (and used to filter out).
The new design does *not* enable you to filter what comes in through the feed. For my usage, that is a dealbreaker.
If fb is going to enable filtering, it should do so at every level. I don’t want/need to see when every one of my friends pokes another, comments on their wall etc. Even after I apply my various levels of friend-filtering, I find myself resenting the signal to noise ratio.
If they would add additional levels of filtering, I’d love it. Without it, I use the site 70% less, and will eventually opt to cast my vote by canceling my account.
Completely agree– filtering is the killer non-feature.
Ditto.
This is exactly it – it’s not that it looks ugly or rather you can debate that til the cows come home – it’s that it decreases usability. As this post describes, the design should take a supportive role to usability and not “get in the way”: http://www.usab...always-best-ui/
I think that is clearly what is going on here, it’s more “in the way” than it was. I also think some nice filters would go a long way : )
Hmm, perhaps you should start to filter your actual ‘friend’ list. Remove the biggest offenders, problem solved.
No. Canceling friends is not an option. I want to see some information from my friends and not see others like their poking behavior. Greg is absolutely right.
I would suggest friend groups as the solution to filtering — there’s no need to completely remove people. Organize friends into groups and select which “bucket” of people you want to look at from the left-hand menu. “Newsfeed” is just the unabridged hose; dial it down to specific groups as needed.
For me the new design made friend groups a heck of a lot more useful. Now it’s a lot easier to see at a glance what my high school pals are up to versus college, etc. without having to spelunk through the interface.
Have you tried the filter on the left hand side?
The filter on the side does not work because Facebook does not allow this feature currently. Hopefully they will develop it into any updates because it’s annoying.
The left-hand filter only lets users choose to see MORE activity from a specified application, not less.
In other words, Mike, you recommended that Greg use a feature that accomplishes the exact opposite of what he needs. You’re either a troll or a dumbass.
Um, yes, you can filter your news feed. On the right side of the post in your feed. Click the X. Pretty simple.
You realize that clicking that X eliminates everything that person posts from your feed, not just that one item or items like it, right?
I don’t like to see quiz results in my FB feed. They bore me and take up space. But I am NOT going to remove my wife from my FB feed simply because she posts some stupid poll results.
The previous iteration of FB made it easy to filter content on the feed (and displayed it in a much more economical fashion too). I could filter out quiz results and application notices and all that other crap very easily. Now it’s not even possible without removing ALL content from an individual.
That’s stupid, and I can’t help but wonder why FB would make such a boneheaded move.
agreed 100%. The lack (actually, removal) of filtering tools was the number one reason I hate the new homepage.
Not only has FB been Twitter-ized (dropping the content-noise ratio to zero), but it’s also been Apple-ized: stripping away user control in favor of some graphic designer’s idea of a “clean” interface and wrecking the usability of the page.
“Share”? You’ve got to be kidding me.
I was one of the people who liked the initial News Feed, and liked the breakup of the feed, status updates, and live feed.
I really, truly can’t stand this update. Not because I think it’s ugly (okay, rounded corners aren’t my cup of tea, but big deal), or there’s too much advertising (that’s what the world runs on, so I deal with it… or use AdBlocker).
I hate it because when one friend “pokes” 10 people, I get 10 news feed posts. FB used to combine related actions into one notification, but no longer. How do I filter this? By filtering the friend entirely out of my news feed. I cannot filter notifications by a particular app unless I block the app altogether, which I also don’t want to do, since I do use some of those apps.
Filtering is an all-or-nothing deal with the new Facebook. That’s why I don’t like it. I should have better control over what I see in the News Feed. “Take it or leave it” doesn’t cut it.
Of course, I’m not going to leave (I’ve reconnected with too many people who are also on Facebook and don’t want to cut off my nose to spite my face), but it’d be nice if they brought back some better control.
I like the new design. People just don’t like change. I wonder what the users would say if Facebook reverted to the old site a year from now, after the users get used to the new.
Really, Eric, you are so right. The “masses” and “groupthink” — thank God you are out there, keeping the torch of enlightenment burning in your work as a web designer.
I’m of the 5% that like it. I’m not really an active Facebook user though.
I hate it, it has a lot of bugs. I’m not sure though if I’m the only one experiencing it.
Bugs like what?
The RSS feed on every business and Web page is now broken. For a company that needs to generate some revenue, breaking the business and web pages is an odd way to show it.
I have noticed that my live feed does not post updates from my blog and certain other events I do on Facebook (like become a fan of an application for example) for hours! What is so “live” about that feed?
People hate change. Obama is dead wrong.
I’m sorry the McCain supporters like you and Al-Qaeda don’t like the new redesign.
Nice. I should join the Al-Qaeda facebook group.
mogilny – you are dead right – people hate change – you are dead wrong – obama is dead right (ish)
It’s good enough. People just like to complain and as Mogilny said, hate change.
I think that is too simplistic a way to look at it.
I don’t think too many people complained when Techcrunch had its facelift.
The issues seems to be one of usability and not just design. And when it comes to usability, it is ultimately the users who use the service who gets the final say.
“I think that is”
“I don’t think too many people”
“The issues seems to be”
Why do you keep spamming TC? Are you that lonely?
Obviously you do not know much about anything, but “obviously” that doesn’t keep you from showing your stupidity. Get a job! Retard spammer!
The retard spammer “From India” is at it again!
Shame on you!
Tommy and Jeffy,
Shut up you retards. Stop spammin here.
well.. i can’t imagine being part of the 5% .. the new design is really nice and i really liked it .. its true that i couldn’t find stuff like Groups and other things but that doesn’t make me hate the whole design!
Lots of people hate Google and Bloomberg, too.
They did bury some things that used to be obvious, like when you want to post a link or a photo. If you just click the What’s on your mind? box, those additional things are revealed. I like a lot of the layout, but I think they should have put in a switch, so you could set your layout preference. That way the people that like the new layout can use that, and the ones that don’t, could stick with what they already had.
You found those links easy enough.
The real-time homepage is awesome, IMHO.
i agree.
But some people do not like real time. If you miss checking Facebook for an hour you will loose a lot of news. Maybe there should be a frequency filter.
You cannot be Twitter and Facebook at the same time!
Mine doesn’t update in real-time.
New stories are displayed in real time. They just aren’t updated automatically on the page without refreshing yet.
The reason it doesn’t is probably because that would be annoying. If I’m reading something further down the page, I wouldn’t want it automatically shifting downwards when it loaded something at the top.
@Ben The reason you don’t see the “real time” aspect is because its NOT Real Time. When I post a message to your wall, it seems like it is real time due to the post sliding down (Ajax) but the person’s wall that I wrote doesn’t see what I posted until a few minutes AFTER I hit F5. Try testing this out with a friend and you will see FAKE Real Time or better yet, it is 1 way real time! FB is becoming a big joke
Facebook didn’t do the polling, someone wrote an app (it’s not clear who), but the application page explicitly says “This application was not developed by Facebook.”
http://www.face...id=68992161659#
yeah, for some reason i thought it was an official FB poll. my mistake, updated the post.
Its very strange though — there isn’t one ad on the app, and they are handling this massive traffic with ease.
Perhaps its someone like Zynga trying to make a point, as the new home page is definitely bad for apps (although I think it is great for facebook.. I’m in the 5%, even though I’m a developer)
Massive traffic? a free joyent accelerator can handle that kind of “load” – its just a single database update. All the other stuff (UI, invites) is probably delivered by facebook.
Also, anyone care to notice that there are 4 times as many votes than users of this application?
Ah, at last. Another one who noticed this… This article should be altered, imho, and should explicitly state this poll was not orchestrated by the FB-crew.
I think it’s great. Facebook users are always whiny and annoying until they realize the value of Zuckerberg’s innovations.
The words Zuckerberg and innovation in the same sentence? That’s pretty funny. Thanks.
I thought that poll was awesome too, but I thought someone else did it (great viral idea). Also, they are being sneaky about it if they did develop it:
From the app description:
“This application was not developed by Facebook.”
It seems that the change is minimizing the 3rd party apps. They are off to the side or on its own box. Its very difficult to see or play with. I think FB is trying to create its own apps instead of letting 3rd parties get rich.
The “New Layout Vote” application page clearly states that the application was NOT developed by Facebook.
http://www.face...?id=68992161659
I’m fairly new to Facebook, and for that matter, social networking. But, it seems to me that FB is missing the boat somewhat. Why have a single interface and require everyone to use it? It looks like they would either provide several different styles of front ends to choose from or permit third parties to create them. I mean why force everyone to eat a Big Mac when some want a fish fillet, others want a salad. Okay, that may not be the best metaphor!
The “new two way” Facebook APIs enable this. It’s just a matter of time until developers utilize them.
Yeah, I think people just hate change and agree with what everyone else is saying. I would wager that few users have taken an objective look at the redesign and decided in that way if they liked it rather than just saying that they hate it because everyone else does.
Scroll up — you just described the majority of posts opining that the dissatisfied facebook users are merely complaining for complaining’s sake. There are very few posts on here explaining why anyone likes this change, but quite a few go into detail about why they don’t. If you can’t offer a real rebuttal, but feel the need to say ‘nuh-uh!’ maybe you should just ignore the urge.
‘Yeah, I think people just have opinion x because of psychological phenomenon y, therefore their opinions are invalid and I don’t need to explain any further.’
Personally I deleted my account due to the removal of advanced filtering features and all-posts-are-equal(ly oversized) format. I guess I won’t have a chance to inevitably get accustomed to it and then begrudge the next change just because I hate change. Oooh, change makes me so mad I get tingles!
People respond well to change when there’s a negative pre-existing condition, and I don’t think that that was a common perception about the old layout. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
The old one was negative 3 months ago.
But the previous update was more about design and this new one is more about informations displayed.
Funny thing is I liked the previous update and made fun on of the haters. And this time I’m on the other side
Since last week I don’t go that much on FB cause it’s boring now but I’m very interested to see if it would just fade away like often (expected) or will have any noticable consequences for FB.
the negative condition was that facebook has grown large enough that segmentation and better social filtering is essential. they needed to make it easier and more obvious that you can create groups and grant them different levels of access.
the new UI is primarily about that, imho; the “twitter-like” elements don’t represent much of a real-world change from how it used to behave, other than polling frequency.
unfortunately, they were sloppy with the rest of it, and that is what people are reacting to.
“People respond well to change when there’s a negative pre-existing condition, and I don’t think that that was a common perception about the old layout. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
Exactly. I really liked the change they did a few months ago (and especially liked how FB had it in beta for people to try it out and give their feedback). Change is good, but change for the sake of change isn’t.
Selection bias much?
The application doesn’t seem to be an official FB app:
http://www.face...id=68992161659#
Survey is NOT an official one.
Visually I think it is an improvement, operationally I think its a step backward.
i’m surprised you got tricked by ‘new layout vote’, even though it’s intentionally confusing.
keep in mind that this poll has selection bias. people to whom the vote matters are most likely those most jarred by the change. in addition, many of those who realize it’s not an actual facebook poll will not bother to vote.
Well, it’s in the NO to the new Facebook app so… go figure?
I think that reducing this problem to “people hate change and love to whine” is incorrect. The layout in place before this one was attractive, very functional, thrifty on screen-space, and organized quite well. Contrast this to the new layout, which gobbles up much more screen space to convey the same information, opts for Twitter-style “everything in one column” organization, and increases the annoyance factor by displaying everything everyone does, all the time. In fact, the new Facebook layout seems to resemble the original Facebook layout in its lack of organization, seeming paucity of features, and ignorance of the fact that maybe some of us don’t want to hear about every quiz, poll, app, and other action their most distant friends used. They’ve taken a big step backwards.
The original layout irritated me so much that I did not use the site for several years. If this layout is not reverted, I can’t see why I wouldn’t leave again. And I’m sure some of that 94% will be thinking the same.
This update was way less drastic than when they originally introduced the newsfeed, applications, etc..
I just saw this story on ReadWriteWeb. They say it’s not an official poll from facebook. So, is it or isn’t it?
I love how people want the ‘old Facebook’ back, after endlessly complaining about News Feed when it first launched.
I bet a hundred years ago a lot of people wanted the original Coca Cola back too.
Unfortunately, cocaine is a highly addictive and illegal drug.
Oh wait…
They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
When he said the world was round
They all laughed when Edison recorded sound
They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother
When they said that man could fly
They told Marconi
Wireless was a phony
It’s the same old cry…
quit spamming this site, will ya?
Oh no, another stupid smelly indian spammer. thank you for your input …
Change is bad, according to most…even when the changes themselves aren’t so bad. I’m as guilty as anyone else with this.
So unhappy people voted more than the people who are happy with it or indifferent.
The vote doesn’t matter. Facebook is not gonna roll back the changes.
Everyone will get used to it, then the same people will vote to bring this one back when next new layout comes out.
this was a great time for facebook to rig the vote
If you don’t like the changes, I’ve started a group on Facebook to organize a day to boycott the site and April 1st, 2009. Just started the group yesterday, so it’s far from having enough people to accomplish anything. We can petition and not be heard, or we can boycott and take away that valuable traffic they’re supposedly looking to sell.
http://www.face...gid=73649140615
The economy is going to shit, authoritarianism is on the rise, and other pretty crappy things.
Meanwhile we’re protesting changes to a social network.
The world’s screwed.
+1
Agreed. I hate it every time there’s a new redesign – not because I don’t think I’ll like it, but because there will be an inevitable flood of people starting groups and sending messages to try and get FB to change things back to the way they were. It’s seriously boring, and I couldn’t give less of a shit.
On the other hand, why can’t people use even 10% of their activist streak to try & bring about real change in government? Or is FB somehow much more relevant to our everyday lives? It worries me.
I kinda like it. Okay, there are some glitches and things which should be improved, but it’s an overall improvement.
Yet, I’m a little sceptical towards the article. Have you checked any official sources? As far as I’m concerned this is just another Facebook Application; it explicitly states “this application was not developed by Facebook”. Wouldn’t this be (yet another) kind of quiz?
Hey Mike –
This voting application for the new home page was not built by Facebook. However, we are aware of it and appreciate that people are sharing their opinions through it. In addition, we’re considering comments on the Facebook blog, Mark’s public profile, the Facebook company page and other sites (including TC). People also continue to send feedback through the link on the Facebook home page tutorial. We take all of our users’ input seriously and the comments we receive are used to inform how we build the site, so please keep it coming!
Thanks,
Brandee/Facebook
If you really monitored feedback you’d respond to the long lines of complaints about breaking feeds on business and Web page. There’s complaint after complaint in the officials forums, and nothing close to a response. Saying you take feedback seriously without acknowledging it is a joke.
The results of this poll are irrelevant. facebook knowns this.
People, especially those on facebook who actively join causes like this don’t know what they want. they’re the followers with a short memory span.
The polls and groups are just convenient things to do, because they pop up on your feed and you just go with it.. it doesn’t mean the intent is an educated one.
shpel check, faramarz and happy new year ..
This is a silly poll because only people that want the old Facebook back will feel compelled to answer the poll.
Secondly, those that like the poll are much less apt to express that because they don’t want to get caught up in all the hoopla.
Twitter should definitely be saying “thanks” to Facebook after this failed face lift as all the social media giant managed to do was prove how current Twitter really is. I would have thought after the previous failed attempt at updating the site’s looks Facebook would have learned, but evidently not. Seems like someone(s) over there doesn’t really know what they are doing. Luckily, they can continue to fall back on their more than 60 million users after making ill-advised decisions.
Have you taken a look at their traffic stats lately?
Actions speak louder than words, and people love Facebook more than ever.
sorry, just saw you corrected above. missed that. thanks for fixing. everyone, keep sending feedback – the more constructive the better.
screw the feedback. just keep doing your thing.
I hope they can keep perspective on the feedback – 710k sounds like a lot of negative votes until you stop to consider that it’s 0.4% of the total number of users and that people usually don’t pipe up to say positive things, especially when something is so entrenched into their lives that they log on every day like it’s just another utility, like email.
The Facebook re-design whining has existed for years. I laugh every time I see these complaints and these ‘anti-Facebook’ groups get created.
Facebook is called Statusbook now.
No Surprise here! It’s horrible
I joined Facebook a week before this latest redesign took effect, and for that week I was confused by the interface, since I’m used to interfaces such as FriendFeed’s. With the redesign, my confusion has lessened.
I call B.S on anyone who doubts the poll. While its true that more people that voted are traditionalists, there are many things wrong with the new facebook. The navigation is not nearly as intuitive as they’d like to think, and many of the features are missing on the home screen, and it takes valuable time just to find those features, and all for what? to compete against twitter? If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
i think people are confused because the old design is totally disappear. they gonna like the new one.
Like publicity, there’s no such thing as negative buzz. Facebook understands this all too well. I’ve no complaint with the new design, but I think they need to give users more tools to define their own UX.
In X months facebookl will double anyway. All the new people won’t worry about the redesign.
FIX THE MUSIC PLAYER!!!!!!!!!
As others have said, I love the new feed, but it is missing the ability to filter out messages you’re not interested. e.g. What quiz my friend just took.
A few checkboxes on a settings page somewhere would suffice.
Hmmm, that is not Facebook asking that question. It is a new (viral) poll app.
“This application was not developed by Facebook.”
http://www.face...?id=68992161659
I have a Facebook account, hardly use it. It’s basically my FriendFeed account to my RL friends.