Well, this is it. For those of us who have been resisting the transition over to “Timeline,” the clock has struck midnight and everything is about to turn into a pumpkin. Facebook has decreed, in its infinite wisdom, that all users will now have to deal with the cluttered, abrasive, poorly designed interface on their own profiles. It is, however, giving them seven days to “clean the profile up” and remove any previous posts that may have been offensive or dangerous or worrisome or embarrassing.
I don’t have any embarrassing posts on Facebook (more accurately, I don’t have any shame, so none of my embarrassing posts actually embarrass me) but even if I did, I wouldn’t be worried about anybody finding them with Timeline. The site just tosses data at you like a fire hose, forcing you to chug it down or drown. The “help” question for “how do I remove Timeline” is wildly popular, and there are workarounds posted (my favourite suggests following the link http://plus.google.com for info on doing away with Timeline), but with the transition, soon everyone on Facebook will simply be forced to adhere to the new Timeline format. I can’t wait.
That’s good news for advertisers, for whom Timeline is a boon of demographic and marketing information, all in an easily parsed and data-mined format. For a human being, however, it is – and I apologize for the use of technical jargon – a gigantic pain in the ass.
Sorry if that's hard to read. THEY DESIGNED IT THAT WAY.
Now, maybe I’m just being a luddite and all the kids these days will prefer the new interface. It is certainly designed for the long term, which is understandable for Facebook to be pursuing. But you have to wonder if this might just turn out to be a boon for Google+.
Some of us are certainly hoping so.
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