Facebook Timeline Has Arrived

Dec 20, 2011 by Ajeet Khurana

Facebook officially opened up their new Timeline feature for computer users and Android devices on Dec. 15. The Timeline is not yet available for Apple products such as the iPad or iPhone, but it is only a matter of time before Apple users can join in the fun. Facebook users will be prompted to try out Timeline when they open their Facebook pages, or they can click the Timeline update button at the top of the page to manually preview the new look.

Built-in Grace Period
Due to privacy concerns, Facebook has created a 7-day trial period for users to adjust their Timelines before they are displayed publicly. After the first 7 days, the Timeline will replace the user’s wall as their online Facebook profile. Users can add content and play with the design features as well as the security features during the trial period so that they are comfortable with the information that will be displayed to people who visit their sites. Timeline allows users to choose who can see certain content through a drop down menu on photos, uploads, or status updates.

Users can Customize Timeline Features
Timeline offers users the ability to highlight events in their lives that are more meaningful and downplay those that are not as important. They can choose a large banner photo for the top of their Timeline as well as the standard profile picture that will accompany their general activity on the site. Users can choose which stories or posts they want to appear over two columns in their Timeline and which ones they would rather hide or minimize. One new feature is the “only me” button that allows information to be displayed to the user without being posted for public consumption.

Timeline Seamlessly Adds Content from Third Party Apps
Facebook had already started offering links to outside applications like Hulu, Spotify, and CNN so that users could automatically post what they’ve been watching, listening to, or reading. The Timeline incorporates this information into the overall history of a person more seamlessly than before. Users have to approve that they want the information shared through the third party websites, but once they have allowed sharing the sites will instantly update their Facebook Timeline every time they do something. Users can choose who to share their online activity with so that it is not broadcast to the general public if they prefer.

Facebook Urging Users to Fill in the Gaps
Facebook’s timeline shows a user’s history from the day they began to use the site. Users can also go back and fill in important information about themselves from their pre-Facebook days. Some users have entered stories from their date of birth forward. Facebook says Timeline is meant to create an online journal of the important events in a person’s life. Users can go back and enter in as much detail about themselves as they like, with input from friends and family who might have even more information about those special dates to share.

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