Mashable Readers Miss Being “Fans” on Facebook

In the good old days, Facebook users “became a fan” of their favorite teams, celebrities, objects, and personalities. A month and a half ago though, that all changed. Facebook Pages switched from “Become a Fan” to “Like” in order to lower the bar for users to engage and connect with brands.

The change hasn’t been the most popular one though, and that’s why it was the subject of this week’s Web Faceof, our continuous series where we ask you, the readers, to choose between two web apps or topics.

After five days and over 5,500 votes, it’s official…

…Mashable readers miss the fan page! With 3,161 votes (57.3%), “Become a Fan” bested “Like,” which was only able to garner 1,634 votes (29.6%). A full 719 of you (13%) were indifferent on the matter.

Thanks for voting this week, and be sure to tune in next week, when we launch another edition of the Web Faceoff!

Which do you prefer: Facebook Like or Facebook Fan?customer surveys

Faceoff Series: Overall Results

Week 1:

– Mozilla Firefox vs. Google Chrome

– WINNER: Firefox, 4600 votes (Chrome: 3310 votes, Tie: 911 votes)

Week 2:

– Tumblr vs. Posterous

– WINNER: Tumblr, 1809 votes (Posterous: 1496 votes, Tie: 256 votes)

Week 3:

– Pandora vs. Last.fm

– WINNER: Last.fm, 1187 votes (Pandora: 1156 votes, Tie: 122 votes)

Week 4:

– Twitter vs. Facebook

– WINNER: Facebook, 2484 votes (Twitter: 2061 votes, Tie: 588 votes)

Week 5:

– WordPress vs. Typepad

– WINNER: WordPress, 2714 votes (Typepad: 267 votes, Tie: 357 votes)

Week 6:

– Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

– WINNER: Windows 7, 3632 votes (Snow Leopard: 3278 votes, Tie: 121 votes)

Week 7:

– TweetDeck vs. Seesmic Desktop

– WINNER: TweetDeck, 3294 votes (Seesmic Desktop: 1055 votes, Tie: 260 votes)

Week 8:

– Microsoft Office vs. Google Docs

– WINNER: Microsoft Office, 1365 votes (Google Docs: 994 votes, Tie: 315 votes)

Week 9:

– Apple iPhone vs. Google Android

– WINNER: Google Android, 3323 votes (Apple iPhone: 1494 votes, Tie: 228 votes)

Week 10:

– AT&T vs. Verizon

– WINNER: Verizon, 1161 votes (AT&T: 538 votes, Tie: 118 votes)

Week 11:

– Google vs. Bing

– WINNER: Google, 2180 votes (Bing: 519 votes, Tie: 97 votes)

Week 12:

– iPod Touch/iPhone vs. Nintendo DS vs. Sony PSP

– WINNER: iPod Touch/iPhone, 704 votes (Sony PSP: 639 votes, Nintendo DS: 482 votes, Tie: 108 votes)

Week 13:

– Digg vs. Reddit vs. StumbleUpon

– WINNER: Digg, 14,762 votes (Reddit: 11,466 votes, StumbleUpon: 2507 votes, Tie: 1032 votes)

Week 14:

– Old versus new Twitter retweets

– WINNER: Old style retweets, 1625 votes (New style retweets: 699 votes, Tie: 227 votes)

Week 15:

– Gmail vs. Outlook

– WINNER: Gmail, 3684 votes (Outlook: 980 votes, Tie: 590 votes)

Week 16:

– Boxee vs. Hulu

– WINNER: Hulu, 626 votes (Boxee: 591 votes, Tie: 106 votes)

Week 17:

– Nexus One vs. iPhone 3GS

– WINNER: Nexus One, 6743 votes (iPhone 3GS: 2818 votes, Tie: 592 votes)

Week 18:

– Foursquare vs. Yelp vs. Gowalla

– WINNER: Foursquare, 1182 votes, (Yelp: 661 votes, Gowalla: 509 votes, Tie: 143 votes)

Week 19:

– AIM vs. GTalk vs. FbChat

– WINNER: GTalk, 2189 votes, (AIM: 1257 votes, FbChat: 511 votes, Tie: 203 votes)

Week 20:

– Music Ownership vs. Music Subscription

– WINNER: Ownership, 533 votes (Subscription: 299 votes, Tie: 237)

Week 21:

– Match.com vs. PlentyofFish

– WINNER: Plenty of Fish, 430 votes (Match.com: 334 votes, Tie: 187 votes)

Week 21:

– Google Buzz vs. Facebook Vs. Twitter

– WINNER: Facebook, 3353 votes (Twitter: 1828 votes, Google Buzz: 1298 votes, Tie: 651 votes)

Week 22:

– HTML5 vs. Adobe Flash

– WINNER: HTML5, 3892 votes (Adobe Flash: 1779 votes, Tie: 660 votes)

Week 23:

– Project Natal vs. PlayStation Move

– WINNER: Project Natal, 1268 votes (PlayStation Move: 668 votes, None: I don’t like motion controllers: 170 votes, None: I prefer the Wii: 150 votes)

Week 24:

– Chatroulette vs. Hot or Not

– WINNER: Chatroulette, 742 votes (Hot or Not: 281 votes, Tie: 99 votes)

Week 25:

– iPad vs. Netbooks

– WINNER: iPad, 3098 votes (Netbook: 1969 votes, Tie: 605 votes)

Week 26:

– Amazon Kindle vs. Apple iBooks

– WINNER: Apple iBooks, 1227 votes (Amazon Kindle: 928 votes, Tie: 118 votes, Neither: 276 votes)

Week 27:

– Next-gen iPhone vs. Droid Incredible

– WINNER: iPhone 4G, 9765 votes (Droid Incredible: 8175 votes, Tie: 1318 votes)