I’m definitely not going to add my entire history to Facebook, but I guess this is the next progression of the digitizing of our existence.
Introducing timeline — a new kind of profile
With timeline, now you have a home for all the great stories you’ve already shared. They don’t just vanish as you add new stuff.
Timeline is wider than your old profile, and it’s a lot more visual. The first thing you’ll notice is the giant photo right at the top. This is your cover, and it’s completely up to you which of your photos you put here.
As you scroll down past your cover, you’ll see your posts, photos and life events as they happened in time. You choose what’s featured on your timeline. You can star your favorites to double their size or hide things altogether.
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This article appears in Sep 22-28, 2011.
“Yes lets make it easier for the world to spy on our every move.” I swear the social networking lemmings are nearing the proverbial cliff at a rapid rate.
No one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to mobile upload a picture of your dog, or update your status to say “Wow, I can’t wait for the weekend.” People are voluntarily sharing this info of their daily lives. Those “social networking lemmings” are just being the vehicle to the information we are already providing. So there.
Oh my! Have I insulted your life blood of annoying, useless internet babble? I will pray to the zuckenburg to cleanse me of my sin. Facebooker, go back to describing why your life sucks in 140 characters or less and leave me to my un-responded to rants against MyFace