Facebook (Mistakenly) Unveils 'Lite' Version

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 12, 2009 1:31 PM CDT

(Newser) – Facebook is testing a stripped-down version called “Facebook Lite” that loads faster but has limited functionality, TechCrunch reports. The beta was mistakenly revealed to a larger-than-intended set of users; some who did see it noticed a similarity to Twitter and Facebook's recently acquired FriendFeed. The social networking site says the test market is “countries where we are seeing lots of new users coming to Facebook for the first time and are looking to start off with a more simple experience.”

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cognitivefilter

Aug 13, 2009 3:19 AM CDT

how about we can choose to have the version 1 format or something. the original. back to basics.

thudson

Aug 12, 2009 8:11 AM CDT

OMG OMG!! i'm gonna go update my facebook page, and my bebo page, and my myspace page (just for nostalgia), and then tweet, and blog, and then text everybody right away! ...i mean, i remember when you put a lock on your diary to keep your personal thoughts/activities private. i get forums, but with facebook and twitter everyone's rushing to expose everything about themselves. it's kinda desperate and sad, really.

Scrambles

Aug 12, 2009 6:57 AM CDT

How terrible, people saw it before they were supposed to. dunno how i can continue with my day...poor facebook developers

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