Maybe you’re an avid user who spends more time logged on than doing homework, or maybe you don’t have anything but a question mark for a photo. Either way, chances are if you’re a college student, you’ve seen or heard firsthand that the rumors are true. The “new” Facebook that’s been threatening users all summer has officially become the only Facebook.

The changes, which include combining the mini-feed and the wall, and the reduction of all secondary applications to thumbnails which can be accessed on another page via tabs, have students in heated debates. Like the new Facebook itself, many features one person likes another person hates.

Laura MacAvoy, a sophomore vocal performance and English major, said she’s coming to terms with the redesign.

“New Facebook is not my favorite thing in the world. It’s ugly,” MacAvoy said. “I’m getting used to it, but it’s still ugly.”

On the other hand, freshman management major Matt Wester said he likes the look of the new site.

“[I like] how they put all the applications in one small area so it’s like they’re practically gone,” Wester said.

But Katee LoMonaco, a junior biology major, said she dislikes the tabs, citing a lack of originality.

“Your applications, like your bumper stickers and flare, show dimensions about your personality instead of just basic information,” LoMonaco said. “New Facebook basically took that away because it really isn’t easily accessible. “

Many students said they share LoMonaco’s feelings about applications expressing an individual’s personality and with the redesign feel like Facebook took away their ability to express themselves on the popular Web site.

“I know that all the applications were making the site really slow, but they could have just limited the number of applications people had,” LoMonaco said. “That could have made the site run more efficiently.”

The matter of efficiency is also a matter of opinion. Sophomore accounting major Rod Alzmann said he thinks the new design is “a lot more efficient than old Facebook,” but other students like Jing Gao, a sophomore biology major, said new Facebook is really hard to navigate.

“I feel like everything is everywhere and there’s no real organization to it,” Gao said.

True to form, users are taking their disapproval of new Facebook to the site itself. Search “new Facebook” and over 500 groups dedicated to the subject will show up. Whether there is one member or over a million, users are voicing their opinion on the changes. And Binghamton University students are no different, just like the rest of the world, Binghamton students have a lot to say about the topic. When asked what they were doing to either voice their enjoyment or displeasure for new Facebook, students had many different ideas.

LoMonaco said she left feedback to Facebook about the redesign.

“I joined two groups protesting the change,” she said. “I wish that they would have just left new Facebook as an option.”

But Facebook seems committed to standing by the change. MacAvoy said she sent feedback in as well, but she doesn’t see it working. When reached for comment, a Facebook representative was “unavailable for interview or comment,” according to Corinne Avganim, a public relations representative for the site.

“After months of working with users to design a clean, more dynamic and efficient site, the new Facebook is now available for permanent use,” Avganim said via e-mail.