Facebook Pisses Off Users. Again.

Nice one there, Danny. :) I think you speak for a lot of us here. Seems to me this has been affecting several accounts, not mine but some of my clients' accounts - especially those that aged not over 6 months. Then someone said despite their pages been >6 months, they still have it. Possible it's a test drive, or it just might disappear like what we had in our profile acc? (remember seeing something similar but then just gone one day).

Don't know why is it hard for them to understand it's either an option to 'remove' or 'opt in' for the users will solve most complaints?

Thanks for the article Danny, very annoying indeed, especially as I have had a page for 2 months and am getting it.

I agree that this is a really unhelpful addition to a page, especially for people who set up pages all the time. It makes me wonder about the social side of Facebook, and whether they listen to their customers.

Really? You haven't received a response from Facebook? Shocking! Oh, that's right. Only big companies with a bazillion dollars actually receive Facebook customer support. ;-)

I haven't seen that tab yet but I haven't set up a new Facebook page in a week or so.

Grrr! I am new to Facebook but it has frustrated me from the beginning. This latest move is truly a "dumbass move." I've already set my page up with Selective Tweets - don't need their help now! How about fixing the things that don't work like the page change username box. It took days to find someone who knew the work around. This week I'd love to put Facebook and Microsoft in one room and throw rotten tomatoes at them. And maybe Apple too!

I can't stand that tab!

I tried getting rid of it just like you did. And of course that didn't happen. It's still there. Thanks a bunch, Facebook, for all the wasted time.

But I'm not going to link my twitter and Facebook accounts to get rid of it. As much as hate that tab, I distrust Facebook even more.

Seriously, this kind of garbage from Facebook is getting very old. Why don't they focus on actually making Facebook pages functional, like providing notices when someone posts a response, or being able to search for your fans without having to literally look through ALL of them. It's insane. Ok, done with my rant now. :):):)

Getting Started Tab: Update

Anger at this tab is fading as FB makes adjustments behind the scenes. They have refused to insert any opt-out function, but are at least repairing the Fan counter triggers that make the tab disappear. It is beginning to drop of business pages all around the community, and users are finally moving away from the horrid topic. If your page is going to grow slowly, you are stuck (under about 18-20 Fans), but another happy change began showing up about 12 hours ago - Business pages are landing on the WALL for Admins, not the damnable tab.
Small relief is relief. But FB has demonstrated to many users this last week, FB does not care what we get angry about. They don't care at all; and they should. They aggravated people who purchase ads on FB....how's that for biting the hand.
Please make this update a bit more visible Danny, I'm still spamming everywhere else to let people know.

Update:
Facebook is responding live to the user group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128794247162933
The person posting has FB listed as employer, and he is speaking about their code targets which drive the existence of the Getting Started Tab.
He has caught our attention today, but he is in danger of being eaten.

I didn't get upset like this, but it is annoying. Another corporate approach to being helpful

Thanks for sharing. Yes it is painful.

Does FB ever bother to survey it's members for the improvements they want? They seem to take a hit and miss approach to "upgrading", with more misses over the last year.

Nice one there, Danny. :) I think you speak for a lot of us here. Seems to me this has been affecting several accounts, not mine but some of my clients' accounts - especially those that aged not over 6 months. Then someone said despite their pages been >6 months, they still have it. Possible it's a test drive, or it just might disappear like what we had in our profile acc? (remember seeing something similar but then just gone one day).

Don't know why is it hard for them to understand it's either an option to 'remove' or 'opt in' for the users will solve most complaints?

I set up new account for clients and this stupid thing took me off guard. I know how to connect to twitter and mobile if I want to but in my case, my clients don't want it linked to their cell phone and I sure don't want it linked to mine. There absolutely needs to be a way to close that tab. Hopefully Facebook will listen to the masses and add that option soon.

Thanks for the article Danny, very annoying indeed, especially as I have had a page for 2 months and am getting it.

I agree that this is a really unhelpful addition to a page, especially for people who set up pages all the time. It makes me wonder about the social side of Facebook, and whether they listen to their customers.

Huh? This tab only applies to new pages you create, not existing pages? Wouldn't it be more sensical to have all pages have the same structure?

Really? You haven't received a response from Facebook? Shocking! Oh, that's right. Only big companies with a bazillion dollars actually receive Facebook customer support. ;-)

I haven't seen that tab yet but I haven't set up a new Facebook page in a week or so.

Here is the link to the FB user group on a crusade to have this terrible thing ammended.
My business page shouldn't have even been on the radar, it's just too small. But FB caught me, just like all the rest.
Thank you Danny, for this article, from all of us.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128794247162933

Grrr! I am new to Facebook but it has frustrated me from the beginning. This latest move is truly a "dumbass move." I've already set my page up with Selective Tweets - don't need their help now! How about fixing the things that don't work like the page change username box. It took days to find someone who knew the work around. This week I'd love to put Facebook and Microsoft in one room and throw rotten tomatoes at them. And maybe Apple too!

I can't stand that tab!

I tried getting rid of it just like you did. And of course that didn't happen. It's still there. Thanks a bunch, Facebook, for all the wasted time.

But I'm not going to link my twitter and Facebook accounts to get rid of it. As much as hate that tab, I distrust Facebook even more.

Seriously, this kind of garbage from Facebook is getting very old. Why don't they focus on actually making Facebook pages functional, like providing notices when someone posts a response, or being able to search for your fans without having to literally look through ALL of them. It's insane. Ok, done with my rant now. :):):)

It is irritating the living daylights out of me. I spent ages just getting my FB fan page right and now they have messed it up.

LOL I like your 'dumbass move' tag. But very apt

Haven't seen it yet but it's been like a whole week since I set up a new FB page.

My opinion? Just another Action Item in Zuckerberg's plan for world domination. It's the ultimate Revenge of the Nerds plot line.