Introducing Facebook Timeline

As we pointed out recently, Facebook Timeline is coming whether you like or not. In the next couple of weeks, your Facebook account will certainly be assimilated, providing you 7 days to obtain your house in order before everyone can check out your digital background.

Introducing Facebook Timeline



What Does Timeline Mean On Facebook


Previously, I created a complete account of why Timeline is both amazing and also a little disturbing, and also what you can do to plan for it-- however for time, below are some essentials for getting your profile all set for Facebook Timeline.

1. 'Hide from Timeline' Is Your Good friend

Prepare yourself to click "Hide from Timeline" a lot. You can discover it under the "Edit or Eliminate" pencil symbol that shows up when you hover your computer mouse over the top right corner of every Timeline post. Bear in mind, it's not just embarrassing photos that Timeline uncovers-- it's every unacceptable standing update you've ever published and also every stupid message your old college friends have ever composed on your wall at 3 a.m.

If you've had Facebook for a long period of time, you're mosting likely to intend to spend at least a hr combing via whatever in your online past and also hiding what you do not desire seen. You can additionally get rid of or conceal posts with your "Task Log," which offers whatever uploaded on your profile in a more small, easy-to-digest form.

2. Smile! Your Album Covers Are Now Big

Before, old image cds concealed in an archive-- a collection of small thumbnails that just the most committed Facebook stalker would certainly explore. Currently it's all front and also center on your Timeline. That indicates that the photo of you drinking a large uniqueness margarita in Las Vegas could now be shown in unsettling quality in among Timeline's 2 large columns. If you want to maintain your photo cds visible, however just intend to change the cover to something a little less unpleasant, click "Change Primary Photo" in the "Edit or Get rid of" food selection.

3. The Net Knows Where You Are

Images and image albums can now be labelled with locations, which are then displayed neatly on a map. That implies if your buddy geotags your cd "Getaway Time," suddenly as opposed to just pictures from a cabin in the timbers, everybody can inform that your August vacation happened near Lake Tahoe. Now you have to either untag on your own from every geotagged picture or have your close friend manually eliminate the geotag from every photo you remain in. It's a total pain. Welcome to Timeline.

4. Infraction of Privacy? There's an Application for That

A great deal of the applications around for Timeline are pretty awesome, however a couple of venture right into TMI area or, at the very least, transform your account right into a sort of corporate billboard. Think very carefully prior to you let a third-party application have permission to instantly add activity to your Timeline. Do you really want everybody to know where and also what you're eating at all times or what items you're buying online?

You can always handle your applications by clicking "Account Settings" in the extremely top right pull-down menu on your account. After that click "Apps," and also you'll exist with a checklist of all the apps that have accessibility to your Timeline. Eliminate the ones you don't like or, under "Application activity privacy," modification that can and also can't see the web content published by that app.

Bear in mind, you can always remove any private awkward app discoveries on your Timeline by clicking "Conceal from Timeline."

5. When unsure, 'Consider as ...'

On your Facebook Timeline, you ought to see a little equipments symbol on the much best. Click it, and after that choose the "Deem" option. This will allow you see your account as if you were an unfamiliar person or allow you select a details person to see exactly how she or he sees your profile. It's a helpful device to use when trying to evaluate exactly how well you've cleaned up your profile.