Ask HN: Is anyone else being forced to move to Facebook timeline? • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by grecy » Thu, Aug 09, 2012, 3:54 AM UTC

lylemckeany wrote: post #7

grecy wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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) e…

> It's also pretty cool that you can add in significant life events that occurred well before FB (or even the web) existed.

It's amazing we're so willingly giving the details of our 'significant life events' to an advertising company, without any thought to what it means in the long run.

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

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Post by esolyt » Thu, Aug 09, 2012, 5:39 AM UTC

graue wrote: post #10

esolyt wrote: post #9

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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.

I needed a way to use Facebook Chat without seeing the news feed. Because, I would always impulsively and uncontrollably click on some link and then start going through people's profiles as a chain reaction. I now just use Pidgin to connect their XMPP server (group chat doesn't work though, they use their own proprietary implementation for that).

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

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Post by trueneverland » Thu, Aug 09, 2012, 5:48 AM UTC

Just verified, not happening with every account (at least not yet over here).

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

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Post by koopajah » Thu, Aug 09, 2012, 7:44 AM UTC

esolyt wrote: post #12

graue wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I needed a way to use Facebook Chat without seeing the news feed. Because, I would always impulsively and uncontrollably click on some link and then start going through people's profiles as a chain reaction. I now just use Pidgin to connect their XMPP server (group chat doesn't work though, they use their own proprietary implementation for that).

The messenger application should do it no? It is available for desktop and smartphones

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

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Post by tdimaline » Thu, Aug 09, 2012, 9:56 AM UTC

koopajah wrote: post #14

esolyt wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I needed a way to use Facebook Chat without seeing the news feed. Because, I would always impulsively and uncontrollably click on some link and then start going through people's profiles as a chain reaction. I now just use Pidgin to connect their XMPP server (group chat doesn't work though, they use their own proprietary implementation for that).

The messenger application should do it no? It is available for desktop and smartphones

It rearranges all of my beautiful icons :'(

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

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Post by creativeone » Thu, Aug 09, 2012, 10:38 AM UTC

Why do so many people care about the layout of their Facebook profile?

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

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Post by esolyt » Thu, Aug 09, 2012, 10:53 AM UTC

koopajah wrote: post #14

esolyt wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I needed a way to use Facebook Chat without seeing the news feed. Because, I would always impulsively and uncontrollably click on some link and then start going through people's profiles as a chain reaction. I now just use Pidgin to connect their XMPP server (group chat doesn't work though, they use their own proprietary implementation for that).

The messenger application should do it no? It is available for desktop and smartphones

If I'm not mistaken, the desktop app was Windows-only. I'm using Linux on my desktop.

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

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Post by mihirs » Thu, Aug 09, 2012, 1:48 PM UTC

Yup, I got hit too.

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

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Post by grecy » Thu, Aug 09, 2012, 3:50 PM UTC

creativeone wrote: post #16

Why do so many people care about the layout of their Facebook profile?

Because my use case of Facebook is get in, check stuff and get out as fast as I can.

The Timeline seems to be designed in such a way to make it really hard to quickly scan for information, therefore sucking you in for more and more time. It's not surprising, Facebook want everyone to spend more time on the site, it's just a pain.

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

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Post by 27182818284 » Thu, Aug 09, 2012, 4:45 PM UTC

esolyt wrote: post #2

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

It gave me a heads up and then moved me automatically like a month or so ago. I think they're just pulling the final trigger on the people resisting a layout change. (That is all it is, there isn't new data...they don't make up stories about you)