Facebook when is everyone getting timeline

There has been backlash for every Facebook profile change, and Timeline will not be an exception. Brian Carter, an Internet marketing and social media expert, does not think people will delete their profiles.

I think it looks classy. The cover photo is an opportunity to show people more about your life. People didn't really leave MySpace until there was a better option, everybody is on it [Facebook] and it's only growing. It's gonna be cool but we don't spend a heck of a lot of time on other people's pages. Additionally, Facebook is making new apps available to users to incorporate into their Timelines.

This goes along with the new Open Graph platform, which was introduced in September. According to Facebook, this platform is how Facebook introduces new features such as photos and places.

Now, Open Graph has been opened to third party apps, including 60 new apps announced last week, such as Pinterest, a virtual pinboard website. Carter thinks the success of these apps will depend on what people create. Before the first big change in September , users had to search the pages of their friends for information. Tablets Smartwatches Speakers Drones. Accessories Buying Guides How-tos Deals. Health Energy Environment.

YouTube Instagram Adobe. Kickstarter Tumblr Art Club. Film TV Games. Fortnite Game of Thrones Books. Comics Music. I wouldn't recommend this option to anyone—especially those who have been Facebook users for several years—because of how time-consuming it could be.

Your Timeline lets you search by the year, which breaks down into months. Hover over a story in the Timeline to hide a particular one—this means that no one will be able to see it. While this is a tedious process, it does appear it's the only way to ensure you're hiding exactly what you want from the people you want. And there's always the "View Profile As" feature, which shows you what others see when they look at your profile.

To find this feature after you've migrated to the new Timeline, click the gear icon on the right, below your cover photo, then click "View As To preview how your profile appears to the public, click the link in the text, or type a person's name into the field and click enter.

Kristin Burnham covers consumer technology, social networking and Web 2. Follow Kristin on Twitter kmburnham. Likewise, ebook readers such as Kobo and video services such as Netflix can post every book and film people consume to Timeline.

Many sites published guides to how to 'hide' controversial content. Twitter users had mixed reactions. Reactions included, 'I dont want a timeline on my facebook - why do you force me to have one? More frippery and less function. Why are they forcing it on us? Many were shocked by how rapidly timeline had become compulsory. Tech site Mashable said, 'Facebook must know that putting a ticking clock in front of users is bound to make very few of them happy, yet here it is, stop watch in hand.

None of this has quite the same impact without Timeline. So far, Facebook has announced a few dozen Timeline apps. Many sites recommend vetting apps carefully to see what they will post, and creating lists of friends to 'share' certain updates with, rather than bombarding your whole friends list. Tech site CNET warns, 'Once you install an app and authorize it to post stories on your profile and News Feed, it'll never ask for your permission again.

If your friends have added the Foodily app, you can discover new recipes with each other, as you'll see their updates in the ticker and their timeline, and possibly News Feed. Facebook Timeline with Apps and Ticker 'Our message to developers is 'start your engines',' said Sjogreen. Facebook's new 'timeline' profiles highlight pictures from years ago - but deleting pictures you don't like may be no defence. Facebook's creator Mark Zuckerberg led by example by opting-in to the new profile feature.

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