You have been selected as a beta tester for Facebook Lite!

We are building a faster, simpler version of Facebook that we call Facebook Lite. It’s not finished yet and we have plenty of kinks to work out, but we would love to get your feedback on what we have built so far.

Check out Facebook Lite now at http://lite.facebook.com.

Could this possibly be what I’ve been waiting for? You see, I’m not really cut out for the current “heavy” version. If this means I won’t get to see those wretched quiz (“Which Twilight character are you?”) and application (“Friends For Sale”) updates and invitations anymore, then by all means, give it to me and I’ll be sticking with this incipient lite version.

So is this what I’ve been waiting for? Is Facebook soon going to be my Twitter? Only one way to find out.

Click. Nothing. I follow the link. I go to http://lite.facebook.com and then, nothing. The page just reloads to show the same Facebook home page I was on. No difference at all. Same appearance, same torrent of queer quizzes and appalling applications. Well done, Facebook.

I’m assuming the people behind Facebook sent out the notice to beta testers prematurely, that the beta version isn’t even ready yet. But until then, here’s my feedback anyway: FAIL.