April 22, 2010 by Andre
The site that Facebook designed for people with poor internet access has been shutdown.
Facebook Lite slipped under the radar of many users only 7 months ago; it was a stripped back, very basic version of the social networking site.
The full version of the site was proving to take far too long to load for some users that had very weak internet connections; the Lite site benefited these users as well as Facebook as it allowed them to still be a part of the community whilst ensuring that Facebook did not lose out on users.
The Lite version of the site allowed users to partake in most normal Facebook activities such as sharing and uploading photos, browsing profiles and writing on walls but it was not able to play online games or run any of the applications.
Facebook did not give a reason for closing the site but it is thought that they feel it dilutes the user’s experience as it takes a lot of the substance out of the site, particularly the monetisable parts making it not worth while for them to run, especially seen as they seem to be more concentrated on turning a profit now.
Users that try to access the Lite site will now be redirected to the normal Facebook homepage, this will be bad news for the users that relied on the Lite site to access Facebook and could result in the social networking site losing this group of users that still have slow connections.
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