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* [[Facebook]] 3.0 was infamously criticised for vastly redesigning the site. Two groups opposed to the change got over a million fans each.
* [[Facebook]] 3.0 was infamously criticised for vastly redesigning the site. Two groups opposed to the change got over a million fans each.
** Now it's their changing of "Becoming a Fan" to "Liking". There are now dozens of groups and pages requesting that they change it back.
** Now it's their changing of "Becoming a Fan" to "Liking". There are now dozens of groups and pages requesting that they change it back.
** It also happened with the change of the chat feature to only show people that you chat with a lot(regardless of if they are online) and nobody else, however that feature was quickly changed to just show the people you chat with the most at the top and show everybody else online under them.
** It also happened with the change of the chat feature to only show people that you chat with a lot(regardless of if they are online) and nobody else, however that feature was quickly changed to just show the people you chat with the most at the top and show everybody else online under them.
** EVERY DAMN TIME Facebook updates, people get annoyed. You know, despite the efficiency and usefulness of the new version.
** EVERY DAMN TIME Facebook updates, people get annoyed. You know, despite the efficiency and usefulness of the new version.
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** Then there was "Myspace 3.0", Myspace's attempt to [[Follow the Leader|become just like Facebook]], featuring a dramatic overhaul of the homepage, and threats to eventually force people who still had their 1.0 profiles to upgrade (along with basically taking away the ability to edit their 1.0 pages until they ''did'' upgrade, once 3.0 was launched). The number of outcries of [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]] is no small number. This didn't go unnoticed by the site, who showed some signs of begrudgingly back-pedaling a bit to please the few who haven't abandoned them for Facebook yet.
** Then there was "Myspace 3.0", Myspace's attempt to [[Follow the Leader|become just like Facebook]], featuring a dramatic overhaul of the homepage, and threats to eventually force people who still had their 1.0 profiles to upgrade (along with basically taking away the ability to edit their 1.0 pages until they ''did'' upgrade, once 3.0 was launched). The number of outcries of [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]] is no small number. This didn't go unnoticed by the site, who showed some signs of begrudgingly back-pedaling a bit to please the few who haven't abandoned them for Facebook yet.
** In this case the changes have been deadly to Myspace, who on top of losing so many users to Facebook have now lost most of their formerly loyal users as well. The new CEO changing the site's direction towards being entertainment-based, stating that Myspace is "no longer a social network but [[Insistent Terminology|Social Entertainment]]", was the last straw for a lot of users. The desperate changes only hastened their demise in the end.
** In this case the changes have been deadly to Myspace, who on top of losing so many users to Facebook have now lost most of their formerly loyal users as well. The new CEO changing the site's direction towards being entertainment-based, stating that Myspace is "no longer a social network but [[Insistent Terminology|Social Entertainment]]", was the last straw for a lot of users. The desperate changes only hastened their demise in the end.
* This also happened when [[Live Journal]] announced that their invite-code system would be discontinued. From now on, anyone, just ''anyone'', could sign up for a free LJ account. The expected influx of teenyboppers and fake anon accounts did happen, but LJ managed to survive. Mass exoduses have been threatened (and somewhat carried out, with users changing to new LJ-like services) every time LJ pulls something new, such as pop-up ads, Strikethrough '07 (suspension of thousands of user accounts after some trolls posing as [[Moral Guardians]] pointed out pedophilia content -- which turned out to be, for the most part, fan fiction) and the sale of LJ to the Russian company SUP. Despite user complaints, LJ manages to carry on and is still the largest and most popular service of its type.
* This also happened when [[LiveJournal]] announced that their invite-code system would be discontinued. From now on, anyone, just ''anyone'', could sign up for a free LJ account. The expected influx of teenyboppers and fake anon accounts did happen, but LJ managed to survive. Mass exoduses have been threatened (and somewhat carried out, with users changing to new LJ-like services) every time LJ pulls something new, such as pop-up ads, Strikethrough '07 (suspension of thousands of user accounts after some trolls posing as [[Moral Guardians]] pointed out pedophilia content -- which turned out to be, for the most part, fan fiction) and the sale of LJ to the Russian company SUP. Despite user complaints, LJ manages to carry on and is still the largest and most popular service of its type.
** Also, commenting via Twitter or Facebook.
** Also, commenting via Twitter or Facebook.
** And now there's the new redesign of the commenting system, removing subject lines and changing the way icons work so they'll only show up if there's one keyword. The subject line thing in particular has really [[Unfortunate Implications]], as they're often used to denote triggering material in a comment.
** And now there's the new redesign of the commenting system, removing subject lines and changing the way icons work so they'll only show up if there's one keyword. The subject line thing in particular has really [[Unfortunate Implications]], as they're often used to denote triggering material in a comment.
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** To be fair, the main complaint seemed to be that the "search" bar had been removed for some reason. It has been returned to us, and the complaining has, for the most part, stopped.
** To be fair, the main complaint seemed to be that the "search" bar had been removed for some reason. It has been returned to us, and the complaining has, for the most part, stopped.
* Retro Junk recently had its layout changed, and some sections are gone. It doesn't even look like the site that members knew and loved.
* Retro Junk recently had its layout changed, and some sections are gone. It doesn't even look like the site that members knew and loved.
* [[Fur Affinity]] had its members practically screaming the trope name and [[Rage Quit]] from the site after the administrator revealed that all cub art is now banned due to advertisers threatening to pull their ads from the site since they didn't want to be associated with a site that could be promoting child pornography (which is extremely [[Serious Business]] in a lot of places). Many members cried that the admin had no balls for pulling this stunt, even though he made it clear that without ad banners, the site would lose money and then shut down from lack of funds.
* [[Fur Affinity]] had its members practically screaming the trope name and [[Rage Quit]] from the site after the administrator revealed that all cub art is now banned due to advertisers threatening to pull their ads from the site since they didn't want to be associated with a site that could be promoting child pornography (which is extremely [[Serious Business]] in a lot of places). Many members cried that the admin had no balls for pulling this stunt, even though he made it clear that without ad banners, the site would lose money and then shut down from lack of funds.
* Often invoked by fans of evolving items on the avatar and forum site [[Gaia Online]] - despite the fact that the entire point of the EIs is that they undergo dramatic changes every few weeks.
* Often invoked by fans of evolving items on the avatar and forum site [[Gaia Online]] - despite the fact that the entire point of the EIs is that they undergo dramatic changes every few weeks.
* [http://www.flickr.com/ Flickr] recently updated its photo-viewing layout, design and controls. Again, complaints aplenty.
* [http://www.flickr.com/ Flickr] recently updated its photo-viewing layout, design and controls. Again, complaints aplenty.
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**** The new layout of the comment section of YouTube. A lot of users say it's now a confusing jumbled mess. And then there's Vevo. It's amusing seeing fans complain about music videos being taken down, and then complain when music labels put them up.
**** The new layout of the comment section of YouTube. A lot of users say it's now a confusing jumbled mess. And then there's Vevo. It's amusing seeing fans complain about music videos being taken down, and then complain when music labels put them up.
**** As of January 2011, the new layout for video subscriptions and current activity has been changed. There is an apparent merge of both events on one page, and the outcry was staggering: from highest-rated comments proclaiming how the new layout sucks to blatant, widespread awareness of how irate the fans were on any video possible (especially the new trending videos or most watched).
**** As of January 2011, the new layout for video subscriptions and current activity has been changed. There is an apparent merge of both events on one page, and the outcry was staggering: from highest-rated comments proclaiming how the new layout sucks to blatant, widespread awareness of how irate the fans were on any video possible (especially the new trending videos or most watched).
**** The beta channels in 2009 got a lot of heat. Apart from being very slow and clunky when they were first released, they crammed everything they possibly could into one spot. The old channels were generally considered far more organized than the beta channels, but they forced it upon the whole community anyway, despite the fact that a good 90% was strongly against it.
**** The beta channels in 2009 got a lot of heat. Apart from being very slow and clunky when they were first released, they crammed everything they possibly could into one spot. The old channels were generally considered far more organized than the beta channels, but they forced it upon the whole community anyway, despite the fact that a good 90% was strongly against it.
**** On December 1, 2011, YouTube changed their layout again. Like the previous updates, it got a lot of complaints from the users. Mostly, people missed being able to delete videos from their subscription updates on their home page that they either didn't want to watch or already watched, which is impossible now.
**** On December 1, 2011, YouTube changed their layout again. Like the previous updates, it got a lot of complaints from the users. Mostly, people missed being able to delete videos from their subscription updates on their home page that they either didn't want to watch or already watched, which is impossible now.
**** March 7, 2012 forced the "Cosmic Panda" channels on everybody. [[YouTube]] wanted to make them look similar across all the channels, which led to them basically removing all customization options besides the background, and burying the many things into tabs, whereas the previous design had everything conveniently on the same page. The channels, to put it bluntly, weren't well-received.
**** March 7, 2012 forced the "Cosmic Panda" channels on everybody. [[YouTube]] wanted to make them look similar across all the channels, which led to them basically removing all customization options besides the background, and burying the many things into tabs, whereas the previous design had everything conveniently on the same page. The channels, to put it bluntly, weren't well-received.
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* The change in design from Apple's Safari browser for Windows between versions 3 and 4. Safari 4 features a so called "Windows-native" look so it looks more like a Windows program. Which is now rendered moot by Google Chrome using the same rendering engine as Safari (WebKit), hence the only reason to install Safari now is to make your computer look like a Mac.
* The change in design from Apple's Safari browser for Windows between versions 3 and 4. Safari 4 features a so called "Windows-native" look so it looks more like a Windows program. Which is now rendered moot by Google Chrome using the same rendering engine as Safari (WebKit), hence the only reason to install Safari now is to make your computer look like a Mac.
* Digg V4. You know you've screwed up when your userbase leaves for your main competitor [Reddit], a move said users would have considered blasphemy mere weeks ago.
* Digg V4. You know you've screwed up when your userbase leaves for your main competitor [Reddit], a move said users would have considered blasphemy mere weeks ago.
* Wikia in general. Took away the nice spread that they had, moving images, search bar, all over the place, making it look very horrible in comparison to what it was just a few (to this wiki's editing) days prior. And now they've got a new style, "Wikia New Look". No one likes it. They're planning to do completely away with the older "Monaco" skins and force everyone to use Wikia New Look anyway.
* Wikia in general. Took away the nice spread that they had, moving images, search bar, all over the place, making it look very horrible in comparison to what it was just a few (to this wiki's editing) days prior. And now they've got a new style, "Wikia New Look". No one likes it. They're planning to do completely away with the older "Monaco" skins and force everyone to use Wikia New Look anyway.
* The switch of many of the wikis related to [[The Other Wiki]] from the longtime Monobook skin to the current Vector by default (along with a more [[WYSIWYG]] editing interface) got a few longtime Wikipedians annoyed, but usually minute changes to the site's "puzzle piece" logo are much more noticed and have to be rolled out carefully.
* The switch of many of the wikis related to [[The Other Wiki]] from the longtime Monobook skin to the current Vector by default (along with a more [[WYSIWYG]] editing interface) got a few longtime Wikipedians annoyed, but usually minute changes to the site's "puzzle piece" logo are much more noticed and have to be rolled out carefully.
* Oh, [[Neopets]], Neopets, Neopets. Every change is met by rage by the [[Unpleasable Fanbase|players]], even if it's something as a simple as taking out a feature that never got used. Most prominently, people hated the NC Mall, the customization option, the revamp of the Neopet designs, and Viacom buying Neopets.
* Oh, [[Neopets]], Neopets, Neopets. Every change is met by rage by the [[Unpleasable Fanbase|players]], even if it's something as a simple as taking out a feature that never got used. Most prominently, people hated the NC Mall, the customization option, the revamp of the Neopet designs, and Viacom buying Neopets.
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** GMG Radio's new-look Real Radio XS and Smooth Radio site have been criticized for being harder to use than Real Radio. Example: [http://www.realradioyorkshire.co.uk/ see Real Radio Yorkshire].
** GMG Radio's new-look Real Radio XS and Smooth Radio site have been criticized for being harder to use than Real Radio. Example: [http://www.realradioyorkshire.co.uk/ see Real Radio Yorkshire].
* In human-computer interaction circles, this phenomenon is known as "[[wikipedia:Baby Duck Syndrome|Baby Duck Syndrome]]", where users "imprint" on a set of features that makes it difficult to adjust to changes in software, even if they make it more efficient than the previous version.
* In human-computer interaction circles, this phenomenon is known as "[[wikipedia:Baby Duck Syndrome|Baby Duck Syndrome]]", where users "imprint" on a set of features that makes it difficult to adjust to changes in software, even if they make it more efficient than the previous version.
* As of December 2011, [[Yahoo]]! no longer just allows users to stay logged on for two weeks, without first typing a nearly illegible CAPTCHA code. It is possible to sign in through Facebook, but that requires signing into Yahoo! on every visit.
* As of December 2011, [[Yahoo!]]! no longer just allows users to stay logged on for two weeks, without first typing a nearly illegible CAPTCHA code. It is possible to sign in through Facebook, but that requires signing into Yahoo! on every visit.
* People started fleeing Stumbleupon to go to tumblr once Stumbleupon got rid of photoblogging.
* People started fleeing Stumbleupon to go to tumblr once Stumbleupon got rid of photoblogging.
* AOLusers fear change profoundly. When AOL 9.0 was released, the AOL Web site was changed to the new blue and curvy look of the new version. Users called the tech support line and shrieked for weeks. When it finally died down, AOL 9.0+ was released, the website was again changed... The ''only'' change was the 9.0 / 9.0+ logo, and a very slight change in the color blue of the Web site. And users called the tech support line and shrieked for weeks, claiming the changes were costing them money and making their children cry. (Really.)
* AOLusers fear change profoundly. When AOL 9.0 was released, the AOL Web site was changed to the new blue and curvy look of the new version. Users called the tech support line and shrieked for weeks. When it finally died down, AOL 9.0+ was released, the website was again changed... The ''only'' change was the 9.0 / 9.0+ logo, and a very slight change in the color blue of the Web site. And users called the tech support line and shrieked for weeks, claiming the changes were costing them money and making their children cry. (Really.)
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