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Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by tommi »

jm4 wrote: post #21
tommi wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have always wondered why people are so shamed of their past emotions. Ex-girlfriends are part of your life, part of who you are even if you don't want to admit it. I suspect it to be somehow a configurable feature or you can always remove those manually.

It's not a matter of being ashamed of ex-girlfriends (maybe sometimes it is). The problem is my wife doesn't want to go on my Facebook profile and see pictures of a dozen ex-girlfriends. And I don't want those showing up in there automatically and having to explain.

I see your point and it's a good one but humor me.

What is there to explain? Why doesn't your wife let you be the person you are?

Re: Facebook Timeline

#32

Post by kefs »

JacobAldridge wrote: post #24

Have I missed any Spotify - Facebook announcements? I know there's been some buzz on FB live-streaming music - this seems to indicate (in the Apps section) that it will do so using Spotify.

Actually.. it's being discussed right now. Spotify CEO just walked on the stage.

http://www.livestream.com/f8live

Re: Facebook Timeline

#33

Post by watty »

hammock wrote: post #11

Looks like a ripoff of Google's Dear Sophie, without the emotional impact.

I had to look up "Dear Sophie", and it was a great video. However, the underlying tech is just email with attachments - nothing new. Facebook's timeline seems to be quite a bit more, with a visual aspect and ability to comment, share, etc. It's probably been done before but far from a ripoff of email...

Re: Facebook Timeline

#34

Post by jojopotato »

tommi wrote: post #12
jojopotato wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The examples that they are showing look awesome. I wonder if they will surface ex-girlfriends as "important" parts of your timeline.

I have always wondered why people are so shamed of their past emotions. Ex-girlfriends are part of your life, part of who you are even if you don't want to admit it. I suspect it to be somehow a configurable feature or you can always remove those manually.

I chose ex girlfriends as an example, it could be anything in your past that was "important" but you would rather not have highlighted (e.g. jail time, gang affiliations, being a Backstreet Boys superfan).

They give you control to add / remove things from the timeline so it probably won't be an issue, I'm just curious how they handle those topics.

Re: Facebook Timeline

#35

Post by spokengent »

tommi wrote: post #31
jm4 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not a matter of being ashamed of ex-girlfriends (maybe sometimes it is). The problem is my wife doesn't want to go on my Facebook profile and see pictures of a dozen ex-girlfriends. And I don't want those showing up in there automatically and having to explain.

I see your point and it's a good one but humor me. What is there to explain? Why doesn't your wife let you be the person you are?

Where's the line?

Rating how good your past girlfriends were in bed? Describing how you had the best valentines day with a previous girlfriend, and not with your current wife?

People like to believe they're special. Talking too much about ex-gf/bf's is a recipe for disaster. They can't handle the truth!

Do you tell your wife her ass looks big as well? ;)

Re: Facebook Timeline

#36

Post by tuhin »

This in short is a great piece of design. Especially coming out of facebook this is amazing (well they now have one of the most talented designers so not that surprising).

However, as a business this is killer and shrewd. Everyone would want to save a log of their life. More app permissions to add to timeline > more auto posts in ticker > more connection for Facebook.

Well played!

Disclosure: I am working on something similar as a place for all the memories of your life (http://momment.com) so the above text comes in view of having actually thought about this problem for months now.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by fecklessyouth »

ryansloan wrote: post #2

Looks like a digital, semi-automated scrapbook. From my understanding, it's not an overhaul of the profile, but another view of your online identity. If they pull it off it could be pretty cool.

Moms were scrapbooking before nerds. This profile could do a lot for Facebook's growing older population.
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