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...This prospect terrifies me, so much so that I sometimes wake up in a cold sweat and go running to the nearest computer to surf the Facebook pages of middle-schoolers. Tweens, the media repeatedly informs me, have their collective fingers on the pulse of the times. If anyone would know what’s in now, they would. (Apparently, I should be monitoring Nick Jonas more closely.) Last time I checked, I detected no worrisome references to new technologies, but that might be because I was using a public terminal and had to stop after only three hours because...
...have to admit, when we first heard about Facebook Lite, our hearts jumped. Could it be a return to simpler times? Could it be, finally, an alternative Facebook site for those of us who think the current feeds, apps, widgets, and whatnots aren't worth the migraine...
Instead, the site focuses on presentation, eliminating a lot of the noise on the sides of the screen and cranking up the font like those large print versions of books that your grandparents like. To reduce clutter, Facebook Lite erases many redundancies: For example, in regular Facebook, you can find your upcoming events on your home page, on your profile, and on the ever-present toolbar at the bottom of the browser. Get an invitation? Now there's an additional link to that on your home page. In Facebook Lite, there's just one big events button...
Considering how minor the differences are, though, we don't really see Facebook Lite taking off any time soon...
...called it the solution to the "direly needed center of student life," Facebook declared owning a stein to be the source of "undying glory and the envy of underclassmen," and each event drew an average of 1100 students (translation: Ec10 times two) when it debuted...