https://www.theregister.com/2006/09/07/facebook_update_controversy/

"News Feed appears automatically on every user's home page and automatically updates members about recent Facebook activities by that person's friends. For example, Facebook would automatically notify users whenever a photo is posted by friends or they split up with their boyfriend or girlfriend. The feature is designed to make it easier for friends to keep up to date with each other. But many users are unhappy that the feature has been pushed upon them.

"News Feed is just too creepy, too stalker-esque, and a feature that has to go," a statement by the newly formed group Students against Facebook News Feed states, Reuters reports."

How people reacted to the unveiling of the "News Feed" in 2006.