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Many changes have forged the Facebook landscape since its creation. We rejoiced at the removal of the “is” from our status updates (then couldn’t think of what to say without it for a while). We survived the addition of the “chat” feature (but sadly, the once popular MSN Messenger's did not).
The social networking website Facebook.com has been known to turn its user’s worlds upside down every so often as they tinker with features and layouts.
I’ve been a Facebook user since 2005. I can say “I’ve seen it all,” with all the gravel and experience in my voice as any old man in a coffee shop. But with Facebook making their new “Timeline” scheme mandatory this past week, I’m wondering if the website has done too much tinkering.
Overcomplicating will kill a cat faster than curiosity. Remember MySpace? I had a profile on there for a few years, but it just became a huge mess. Music players, wallpapers, and just about everything but the kitchen sink. Thinking about it sure makes a person’s head spin.
A similar sensation is experienced when gendering on Facebook lately- which I seem to do less and less at least when I’m at home. There’s just too much to see.
Timelines, newsfeeds, apps, updates, chats, comments, “Likes,” profile pictures and cover photos (what’s the difference?). Now Facebook offers me more, but interests me less.
Right now, the jury is still out for me and the latest form of Facebook. And to be fare, I haven’t had time to fully investigate some of the new features. But when I do, I’ll be sure to mark it as a “Life Event” on my Timeline.
“They” say that life isn’t the two numbers on your tombstone when you go, it’s that little line in-between that counts. Maybe that’s the grand idea. Maybe (Mark) Zuckerburg is trying to get in on the monument business. When this generation begins to go six-feet under, the “little dash in-between” will replaced by a person’s Facebook Timeline (because I'm sure even tombstones will be digital by then).
Some interesting Facebook facts I found say the average person posts 90 pieces of content to Facebook each month. I might be on par with that, but the time I spend on the site (in my personal time) has dropped.
Facebook has made people more socially-lazy. It doesn’t matter how many mobile apps, or check-ins there are, people don’t seem to go out to get to know each other anymore. They just become Facebook friends. It’s all a part of the instant-society that we live in today (but that’s another column for another day).
When changes like this take place, all people do is complain, update after update (we get it, already!). That's almost more annoying than the change itself, then after about two weeks to a month, everything's fine. I haven't seen a huge amount of those posts so far, but Timeline just went mandatory.
Many changes have forged the Facebook landscape since its creation. We rejoiced at the removal of the “is” from our status updates (then couldn’t think of what to say without it for a while). We survived the addition of the “chat” feature (but sadly, the once popular MSN Messenger's did not).
The social networking website Facebook.com has been known to turn its user’s worlds upside down every so often as they tinker with features and layouts.
I’ve been a Facebook user since 2005. I can say “I’ve seen it all,” with all the gravel and experience in my voice as any old man in a coffee shop. But with Facebook making their new “Timeline” scheme mandatory this past week, I’m wondering if the website has done too much tinkering.
Overcomplicating will kill a cat faster than curiosity. Remember MySpace? I had a profile on there for a few years, but it just became a huge mess. Music players, wallpapers, and just about everything but the kitchen sink. Thinking about it sure makes a person’s head spin.
A similar sensation is experienced when gendering on Facebook lately- which I seem to do less and less at least when I’m at home. There’s just too much to see.
Timelines, newsfeeds, apps, updates, chats, comments, “Likes,” profile pictures and cover photos (what’s the difference?). Now Facebook offers me more, but interests me less.
Right now, the jury is still out for me and the latest form of Facebook. And to be fare, I haven’t had time to fully investigate some of the new features. But when I do, I’ll be sure to mark it as a “Life Event” on my Timeline.
“They” say that life isn’t the two numbers on your tombstone when you go, it’s that little line in-between that counts. Maybe that’s the grand idea. Maybe (Mark) Zuckerburg is trying to get in on the monument business. When this generation begins to go six-feet under, the “little dash in-between” will replaced by a person’s Facebook Timeline (because I'm sure even tombstones will be digital by then).
Some interesting Facebook facts I found say the average person posts 90 pieces of content to Facebook each month. I might be on par with that, but the time I spend on the site (in my personal time) has dropped.
Facebook has made people more socially-lazy. It doesn’t matter how many mobile apps, or check-ins there are, people don’t seem to go out to get to know each other anymore. They just become Facebook friends. It’s all a part of the instant-society that we live in today (but that’s another column for another day).
When changes like this take place, all people do is complain, update after update (we get it, already!). That's almost more annoying than the change itself, then after about two weeks to a month, everything's fine. I haven't seen a huge amount of those posts so far, but Timeline just went mandatory.
Some folks (like me) have been using the new layout for several weeks. I guess if I need something to do on a rainy day, I can fill in that gap on my Timeline that goes from 2005 back to "Born." Fact of the matter is, now I guard myself more than ever online.
You don’t know what I’m listening to, or what’s on my mind. You might know how I’m feeling, but you don’t know what about (If you do, it’s because I’ll flat out say it). And if you’re going to “say it,” you better be sure you won’t get 1. Fired, 2. Broken up with. 3. Run out of town or 4. All of the above.
So how will Facebook fair this change in particular? Only time(line) will tell.
Until next time, you can keep up with me on Facebook (and Twitter, if you're into that kind of thing, follow me @TheJonesTracker). Look back to www.wellingtondailynews.com next week for the next edition of Keeping up with The Jones.
