It has been quite some time since Timeline has been around, yet many of us are still asking ourselves - should I or should I not ? Facebook has never before offered such a drastic change to its users around the world and Timeline has been received with mixed feelings. It's true that there has been this sudden interest in this novelty at the time of launch, but today, we can come across Facebook users posting statuses such as " How do I get rid of Timeline?" So why did it once attract and now repel? Is there really something positive out of it? Or did Facebook simply want to innovate to keep users active? _Well, let's see what attracts you readers and Facebook users to try Timeline. First, the outline/format it uses is what I call the 'Magazine Cover Format'. Indeed, with the Facebook "Cover", the user usually uploads one hell of an arresting shot - it can be lyrics of a song, professional shoot snaps, magical landscapes, etc, in short, something that catches the eye instantly! Very much how a magazine cover attracts readers/buyers - by the cover girl picture, as illustrated on the right! Then comes the posts and likes and shares and games and so on which are spread into two columns, much like the magazine headlines, spread column-wise on each end of the cover! Facebook says this layout offers a deeper inter-connectivity between users which results out of the fact that your 'whole life' is accessible easily, way better than on the older version where you had to scroll down for hours to retrieve information from let's say August 2011! But let's face it, this layout gives you this feeling of being this 'cover girl', having such an important life and displaying it through years down until when you were born! Indeed, this double-column layout reminds us of newspaper columns - your life in newspapers!Such a wowing experience right! Image from Google Now, how about talking about the repelling aspect? Well, there is no huge revelation that Timeline can be confusing! You have the massive cover on top and as you let your eyes go down,there's the profile icon, the basic info and the Likes, Photos, Map etc on the same level, then the statuses on one side and the Friends and their activities on your wall on the other and all of this along with a bunch of adverts on the sidebar! Talk about confusing! On the older Facebook layout, everything seems to be focused. You know everything worth is in the middle; if you feeling like stalking, then the Friends list is on the left! And that's it! Nothing more! And this might be why some users actually changed to Timeline. The older layout was all about NEW,Novelty and To-Day ! Recent status, recent photos, recent tags, recent Friends, in short recent EVERYTHING while Timeline is all about your whole life easily accessible! Well, I do hope this has shed some light on the Timeline feature and although you might have already thought about it, I felt like some more literature about it might help you make your call...if there is one to be made anyway, since Facebook says, whether you want it or not, you will all be using Timeline in some time! YES! It will be enabled by Facebook itself to all profiles! P.S. You CANNOT disable Timeline. So, stop falling for scams or fake virus-filled Facebook pages which read "Like to know how to disable Timeline". Your first option is to get used to it and get moving OR your second best option is simply to deactivate your Facebook Account! Let me know what you thought about this by leaving comments! Sine Cera
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12/10/2014 04:02:28 am
So why did it once attract and now repel? Is there really something positive out of it? Or did Facebook simply want to innovate to keep users active?
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