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Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by waterlesscloud » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 3:47 AM UTC

amvp wrote: post #57

mrshoe wrote: post #29

Does anyone here remember when Facebook had this feature back in 2004/2005? It was a little simpler, but exactly the same idea. They killed it a long time ago, but I guess they just decided to bring it back. The dude in the video has sure aged and accomplished an impressive amount in Facebook's 7 year history.

Actually I thought that video at the top and what they've done with this introduction/demo page was more interesting than the feature itself. The high-production value of video at the top reminded me of an apple advert, with beautiful photography and that emotionally charged soundtrack (though the playback quality was a bit off for me?) And then as you scroll down it highlights the different sections in quite an eleg…

It was very "Dear Sophie", that google ad.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by waterlesscloud » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 3:52 AM UTC

0x12 wrote: post #118

Yhippa wrote: post #49

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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.

Do you really believe that facebook will be around for 4 consecutive generations while retaining the data that was entered there?

The question really is "Do you believe the data will be around for 4 consecutive generations, in some form?" And my answer is that yes, yes I do.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by evgen » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 3:57 AM UTC

artursapek wrote: post #124

Facebook is moving further and further from the "young and cool" demographic.

The problem with "young and cool" is that there are not that many of them and they are universally poor.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by natrius » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 4:01 AM UTC

blantonl wrote: post #130

Interesting to note that Facebook Timeline uses Microsoft's Bing maps for all mapping presentation. Direct shot across Google's bow? I'm a Facebook developer and followed these instructions from none other than TechCrunch to get my timeline profile up and running. http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/22/how-to-enable-facebook-time... In any case, I thought the Bing Maps integration is a pretty significant item to note the g…

Facebook has been using Bing maps since Places was launched.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by mattdeboard » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 4:08 AM UTC

bricestacey wrote: post #107

Raphael wrote: post #102

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The tragedy is that online profiles are becoming so efficient at conveying personal stories that there's nothing left to talk about face to face. "I had a wonderful time at Yellowsto--" "I know."

I experienced this when I first tried out online dating. One of my first dates felt more like our 3rd or 4th so it really was hard to break the ice.

I took this to mean that before you met in real life, you researched the other person so intently you felt like you'd spent 2-3 evenings together (talking) already? Is that what you meant?

I dunno, in my experience OKCupid profiles (the best available online dating site the last time I was single) were just a thin veneer of bullshit designed to sell only the best qualities. Nothing wrong with that per se but I never felt like I learned anything real about a person other than a few facts sprinkled in here and there.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by robryan » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 4:30 AM UTC

waterlesscloud wrote: post #152

0x12 wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you really believe that facebook will be around for 4 consecutive generations while retaining the data that was entered there?

The question really is "Do you believe the data will be around for 4 consecutive generations, in some form?" And my answer is that yes, yes I do.

Especially as storage becomes cheaper and cheaper. I think if something were to happen to Facebook we would see a GeoCities like effort and everything you posted publicly would be backed up.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by EREFUNDO » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 4:41 AM UTC

If everything happens as Mark Zuckerberg envisioned with this timeline then they have to make sure that they save all the information to last thousands if years. If our civilization ends one day and archaeologist from the future discovered Facebook's servers preserved it will tell them everything they need to know about us as a people. How we lived our lives, our dreams, our aspirations, the challenges we overcame. Just imagine if the Romans had this 2,000 years ago, we will see post like "Today I almost died fighting this gladiator from Gaul, good thing he got jumped by that lion first!" I wonder how many likes that post would have made, of course it would be in Latin.....LOL

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by samstave » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 4:59 AM UTC

toyg wrote: post #80

I can't help but think of bitrot. You spend an afternoon "scrapbooking" in real life, and you get something that your grand-grandsons might, one day, inherit and read in awe. You spend an afternoon scrapbooking on FB, and in ten years FB goes bust or whatever (Geocities, anyone?), and you've got nothing. I guess the real test will be my wife -- she loves scrapbooking. (this, and the first time I went through the pres…

They need to sell/provide an annual "yearbook" via shutterfly or some service automatically. Say $50 per year and you get a physical book with all your timeline info and experiences each year. with a fold out tab/page at the beginning and end so you can physically connect the books together side-by-side each year to flip through. As well as a DVD.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by samstave » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 5:02 AM UTC

waterlesscloud wrote: post #152

0x12 wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you really believe that facebook will be around for 4 consecutive generations while retaining the data that was entered there?

The question really is "Do you believe the data will be around for 4 consecutive generations, in some form?" And my answer is that yes, yes I do.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/comments/gdy7s/the_book_xp...

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by jamesjyu » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 5:08 AM UTC

jarek wrote: post #146

jamesjyu wrote: post #127

This is great. The majority of social networks and social sharing sites are obsessed with the now. This stemmed from Facebook and Twitter pioneering the UI with the timeline format. However, try to go back really far in any timeline, and you'll usually be greeted with a wall. Timeline will hopefully make Facebook (and other sites) realize the potential there is in browsing through and curating older content. Sure, pe…

Just to make sure, you do realize you are talking about an eight-year-old website and making predictions about how its users will behave in approximately thirty years, right?

Oh don't get me wrong. I think it'll be a longshot that well be browsing our timelines on FB in 30 years. But, i am an optimist: I believe our data will still be accessible in some form in a more federated manner by then.