Every few months it seems, Facebook decides to revamp something about the site that’s noticeable enough to merit a reaction. And every few months, almost without fail, people complain en masse.

This week’s change has a lot to do with the News Feed on the site’s homepage.

Previously, users were able to switch back and forth between “recent” news, sorted chronologically, and “top” news, sorted by what Facebook thinks you would be most interested in.

Now Facebook has opted to do away with the choice and give users a single, algorithm-based news feed.

Their blog explains, “It’s not just the people you hear from that make your News Feed interesting. It also matters how much you visit Facebook. If you haven’t returned in a week, you may want to see a summary of top stories first. If you’ve already visited several times that day, you probably care more about recent news.”

Users aren’t happy.

One user wrote, “F—ing jackasses. I want posts from my friends listed in order from recent to oldest. Period! Shove the top stories up your asses facebook!”

Uh, you mad?

MySpace founder Tom Anderson — yeah, he’s on Facebook now — was more interested in the changes than upset about them.

He wrote, “Wow. Facebook you done changed! Still playing with the new changes… Fascinated.”

Then he added a meme that read, “Yo dawg I herd you like Facebook … So we put a Facebook in the upper right of yo Facebook so you can Facebook while u Facebook” (sic).At least someone is taking it lightly.

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