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Ask HN: Is anyone else being forced to move to Facebook timeline?

#1
I've been resisting timeline since it's introduction, and have never agreed to it being on my profile.

Today I logged in and saw a message "You now have timeline. Preview it before others see it beginning August 14".

Does anyone know if Facebook can move me to timeline without my explicit consent?

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#4

I switched nearly a year ago. I'm shocked that they have waited this long to force-switch everyone over to it. Out of curiosity, why are you opposed to timeline?

The layout is painful to use (I've seen friend's accounts)

And I really hate the "inline" ads.

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post #4

I switched nearly a year ago. I'm shocked that they have waited this long to force-switch everyone over to it. Out of curiosity, why are you opposed to timeline?

The layout is painful to use (I've seen friend's accounts) And I really hate the "inline" ads.

Agreed on the ads, for sure. But ads are to be expected with FB no matter what and they're annoying in general anyways.

One thing I like about timeline is the discovery when looking at someone else's. It makes it a little easier to grasp what that person is all about in a relatively short amount of time. It's also pretty cool that you can add in significant life events that occurred well before FB (or even the web) existed.

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post #2

It happened to me too. And yes, I guess it can move you to anything without your explicit consent.

I figured there was a change in the terms of service that required explicit consent.... damn, I guess not.

Probably. I don't even care about Facebook anymore. It is just an XMPP server for me.

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post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I figured there was a change in the terms of service that required explicit consent.... damn, I guess not.

Probably. I don't even care about Facebook anymore. It is just an XMPP server for me.

I love the idea of Facebook being "just an XMPP server". Even though I knew they use XMPP for Facebook chat, I never thought about it that way.
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