After hearing bits and pieces about the new Facebook timeline, I decided to read some articles about it. The more interesting article I found was on a site called mashable.com. The writer of the article was Lance Ulanoff, and he was calling the Facebook timeline, "Zuckerberg's Biggest Gamble Yet". I have posted a link to the article below.
Some critics of the timeline and open graph argue that it is just an excuse to organization your information so that marketers can cater to you more. I disagree with this argument, because I feel like if Facebook were that concerned with maximizing their profits, they would simply charge users for having a Facebook profile.
From what I understand, the Facebook timeline will summarize your entire life in a concise way so that your Facebook friends can see as much, or as little as your want of your entire history.
Obviously, people’s Facebook pages were not created when the user was born, so there will be a lot the user has to fill in about this past. Facebook is saying that they are making these changes in an effort to, “Recover the past”.
After reading this article and being more informed about the new timeline, I feel like it will be a great new addition to Facebook. I do think it will take some getting used to, and it may be confusing at first, but overall I think it will be very informative. In your opinion do you think the timeline concept will be a good addition or bad edition to Facebook?
I honestly don't like the new timeline as an addition to Facebook. I really don't want people to know about my entire past and I think that takes part of the fun out of getting to know someone. Furthermore, it can give people I don't know to find out more about me then i'm comfortable with. I like Facebook currently because you find out basics about someone without finding out everything. Some people may like the new timeline but I don't think I'll be using it.
ReplyDeleteKatie, I agree with you in that the timeline could take away some of the mystery and fun of getting to know someone. However, I think the evolution of what Facebook has become has done that already in a lot of ways. I am not sure if the Facebook timeline in particular will give away much more information than is already on there now. What I do like about Facebook is that you can let people know as little or as much as you want about yourself.
ReplyDeleteYea now that you say that I agree that it sounds pretty useful. It can help people to better understand who you are and how you are by better understanding your past. I'm still not sure if I'd use it, but I would definitely read other people's.
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