Facebook Turns Off Facebook Lite

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Samuel Axon
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Facebook Turns Off Facebook Lite
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The change was announced on Facebook's own Fan Page. The company didn't elaborate on why it decided to axe Lite. Its brief status update simply said, "We're no longer supporting it, but learned a lot from the test of a slimmed-down site."

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Facebook was testing out the idea of a reduced home page to appeal to both minimalists who hate clutter and to users with limited bandwidth or processing power -- particularly folks using the site from developing nations.

Were you using Facebook Lite and, if so, will you miss it? Let us know in the comments. In the meantime, here's what Lite looked like.

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