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"This morning, we reported that Facebook would begin transitioning all users over to the new design this week.  This afternoon, confirmation from the social network that the process has begun, with the rollout \u201Cto be complete within the next few weeks.\u201D\nPerhaps most interesting in the news are the numbers.  According to Facebook, 40 million people have tried out the new site, with \u201Cnearly 30 million\u201D choosing to stick with it.  These numbers are slightly more encouraging than earlier stats from third-party tracker Compete, that showed 40% of users who tried the new Facebook were opting to switch back to the old one.  \nThe bigger story is that with more than 100 million users, it means that 60 million \u2013 according to Facebook\u2019s own numbers \u2013 still haven\u2019t even tried the new site heading into its rollout.  That could spell a lot of confusion and a customer service nightmare as unsuspecting users are migrated to the new site and the option to switch back to the old one disappears.  \nAs we\u2019ve noted, groups protesting the new Facebook have been gaining momentum over the past few weeks, with more than 200,000 now signed up \u201CPeople against the new Facebook system.\u201D  To counter, Facebook points out that the \u201CFacebook Profile Previews\u201D page has more than 140,000 fans.\nWe might sound like a broken record at this point, but this is a big deal.  It\u2019s a dramatic change for the site, and apparently, tens of millions of users still have no idea it\u2019s coming, despite a fairly strong effort by Facebook to communicate the impending changes.  The reaction will certainly be exciting to watch."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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