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All of you Timeline holdouts: the holding out ends soon. “Over the next few weeks, everyone will get timeline,” says Facebook. And by “will get,” they mean “must use.” Here we go!
Luckily, anyone who hasn’t already switched over to the megascrapbook will have a seven day grace period to ease into it before their new, beautified, history-flush profile goes live. Take that time. Drink some tea. Have a hot soak. Breathe—because luckily, Timeline is pretty great. This is like being forced to wear nicer clothes. I’m predicting an all-time low in global OMG I HATE THIS Facebook redesign cheek-puffing. [Facebook via AllThingsD]
There’s an easy way to avoid using Timeline, Avoid using Facebook.
…says he with the conspicuous f on his avatar? Facebook is an irritating pain in the arse, but mostly unavoidable now.
You notice the rest of the avatar is blank. O signed up to goz using facebook yes, but I don’t use it now. Unfortunately getting this site to remove the facebook link has proved impossible.
That should read “I signed up to Giz”
I am really bored of this statement. Do you think people are so thick they haven’t figured out they don’t have to use something?
Well several of the writers for Giz US don’t seem to have the brains to notice you can turn the Google+ search features off in Google search, so There are obviously a few people who need things spelt out to them. Sorry that my light-hearted comment upset you.
It’s not just you. I see it everywhere.
“Oh, you hate google+? Don’t use it.”
“Think the twitter interface designers are a load of twats? Don’t use it.”
“Think the coalition government are a load of twats? Leave the country.”
I use the last one as my example of problems with this attitude. Sometimes, for whatever reason, you’re stuck with something. Maybe you have to use facebook as social networking is important to your business. Maybe twitter is vital to your job as an up to the minute journalist. Maybe your passport has been seized because a drug related fence, and honestly officer, they’re not mine, I don’t know what they’re doing there and please don’t have your swirly officer arrest me.
If there’s no great alternative to using a system, the next best thing to do is change it.
God. Please give us an edit system. Drug related fence is not a hedge made of weed, honest officer, no really, please stop doing the swirly thing.
Well good Facebook is finally bringing consistency across the profiles.
Personally I love the Timeline, easy to use, good to look at and having that optional banner at the top makes good for posting my graphic work.
Eh, I kinda like the idea of the timeline. It’s just that if I don’t use Facebook my timeline will remain empty, and it will appear to everyone that I haven’t done anything with my life.
Or that you’re so busy in your life that you don’t have to update Facebook.