Creator of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, posted a blog about his thoughts on the reaction to the new Facebook design:
“As people share more, sometimes we need to change the site to accommodate how much information people are posting …
… We realize that change can be difficult though. Many people disliked News Feed at first because it changed their home page and how they shared information. Now it’s one of the most important parts of Facebook. We think the new design can have the same effect …
… It’s tempting to say that we should just support both designs, but this isn’t as simple as it sounds. Supporting two versions is a huge amount of work for our small team, and it would mean that going forward we would have to build everything twice. If we did that then neither version would get our full attention …
… Even if you’re joining a group to express things you don’t like about the new design, you’re giving us important feedback and you’re sharing your voice, which is what Facebook is all about.”
7 Million have joined anti-new Facebook groups. That is a lot of people to be upset, but in the bigger picture it could be viewed as only 7% of users. And if 93% of the other users keep using Facebook, it is unlikely that those 7% will stop. They will get over it and move on with their life.