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Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by kareemm »

spokengent wrote: post #35
tommi wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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? ;)

> Where's the line?

Wherever you and your wife (partner) deem it to be.

Re: Facebook Timeline

#43

Post by aiscott »

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?

That would come at the expense of letting her be who she is.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by philjackson »

tuhin wrote: post #36

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 somethin…

Cool, I've signed up for the beta.

I'm curious though, you seem fairly upbeat about FB's entry into the space - does them doing so make you any less enthusiastic about your product?

Re: Facebook Timeline

#45

Post by jm4 »

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?

Of course she does. I don't even know with any certainty that she would dislike my having pictures of exes in my Facebook profile. I don't know that she would want any kind of explanation either.

What I do know is I roll my eyes every time a piece of mail shows up from her old IRA account with her previous married name on it. I know I would be uncomfortable with a bunch of pictures of old boyfriends and an ex husband mixed in with pictures of us and our son on Facebook. I realize she has a past and that's part of who she is now, but I am perfectly happy to leave some of those things in the past. I don't need or want daily reminders. I don't think she does either.

Given my own feelings about the issue, I choose to treat her the way I want to be treated.

Re: Facebook Timeline

#46

Post by quizbiz »

Facebook just announced their Timeline feature. The first beautiful interface from Facebook. A product with a lot of feel good elements but a great way for Facebook to integrate themselves even further into the life story of it's millions of users.

Facebook is trying to be a place for social groups to interact online and also for the individual self to be discovered. I don't think both can be done effectively. There's just too much noise on Facebook as it is. I think this feature, really just a visualization of the feed, will just lead to more stalker type behavior.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by Yhippa »

tuhin wrote: post #36

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 somethin…

How cool is this going to be for kids who grew up with Facebook and their kids and their kids' kids? I would love to have had insight to this level of detail for my ancestors.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by [deleted] »

spokengent wrote: post #35
tommi wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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? ;)

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