# I have a timeline **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801 "2012-08-17T18:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/1 "2012-08-17T18:14:00Z")
Just went to Facebook. There is a message: ‘You now have a timeline.’ Um… I don’t use FB that much. I didn’t _want_ a timeline! They just changed it. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/2 "2012-08-17T18:22:06Z")
They haven’t exactly kept it under wraps that Timeline was going to be mandatory. If you mostly use facebook via the mini-feed you won’t notice Timeline anyway. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/3 "2012-08-17T18:22:18Z")
Dammit, me too! Sneaky bastards got me yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/4 "2012-08-17T18:24:04Z")
Same thing happened to me. I went in late last night and saw that I had until August 23 or something to edit it before it was published. I thought I might have accidentally opted in the last time I was clumsily poking at the FB app on my phone. But probably they just decided that I really wanted it and didn’t know it yet. I find that kind of annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/5 "2012-08-17T18:32:26Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > They haven’t exactly kept it under wraps that Timeline was going to be mandatory. If you use FB a lot, I suppose you’d notice. > [@Bayard](#): > > But probably they just decided that I really wanted it and didn’t know it yet. I find that kind of annoying. They’re taking lessons from Microsoft. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/6 "2012-08-17T18:38:00Z")
Ahhh, me to. They must have gotten me in the last hour or so. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/7 "2012-08-17T18:43:57Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > If you use FB a lot, I suppose you’d notice. It’s been a [prominent](http://mashable.com/2012/07/31/facebook-timeline-coming-fall/) [news](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2091735/Facebook-Timeline-mandatory-users--just-7-days-clean-up.html) [piece](http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/facebook-timeline-theres-no-escaping-it-now-84762). There are even browser addons that will remove it although they do so at the cost of making FB think you have IE 7. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/8 "2012-08-17T18:45:53Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > It’s been a [prominent](http://mashable.com/2012/07/31/facebook-timeline-coming-fall/) [news](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2091735/Facebook-Timeline-mandatory-users--just-7-days-clean-up.html) [piece](http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/facebook-timeline-theres-no-escaping-it-now-84762). > > There are even browser addons that will remove it although they do so at the cost of making FB think you have IE 7. I don’t follow FB news articles. I use Safari. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/9 "2012-08-17T19:12:36Z")
How exactly should Facebook have informed you of the incipient change then? Good for you? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/10 "2012-08-17T19:21:11Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > How exactly should Facebook have informed you of the incipient change then? > > Good for you? Facebook is not my life so I don’t follow all their news. They could easily have emailed me that they were making this madatory. I just checked my email and still no news. Although I did have a lot of email from Facebook about this dumbass added a stupid photo of this stupid thing and dipshit linked to some bullshit or other but nothing about Timeline. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/11 "2012-08-17T19:28:40Z")
Is the dumbass the one adding the photo or the one who can’t figure out how to turn off facebook’s email notifications? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/12 "2012-08-17T19:54:10Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > > [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > > > How exactly should Facebook have informed you of the incipient change then? > > > > Good for you? > > Facebook is not my life so I don’t follow all their news. They could easily have emailed me that they were making this madatory. They could have not made the change at all. If people want the timeline, they can turn it on. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/13 "2012-08-17T19:59:53Z")
That’s not how facebook has ever worked. If you don’t want timeline, you’re perfectly free to get rid of your account. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/14 "2012-08-17T20:18:46Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > They haven’t exactly kept it under wraps that Timeline was going to be mandatory. If you mostly use facebook via the mini-feed you won’t notice Timeline anyway. > [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > It’s been a [prominent](http://mashable.com/2012/07/31/facebook-timeline-coming-fall/) [news](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2091735/Facebook-Timeline-mandatory-users--just-7-days-clean-up.html) [piece](http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/facebook-timeline-theres-no-escaping-it-now-84762). > > There are even browser addons that will remove it although they do so at the cost of making FB think you have IE 7. > [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > How exactly should Facebook have informed you of the incipient change then? > > Good for you? > [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Is the dumbass the one adding the photo or the one who can’t figure out how to turn off facebook’s email notifications? > [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > That’s not how facebook has ever worked. If you don’t want timeline, you’re perfectly free to get rid of your account. Why are you so cranky and offended that some people might not like something about Facebook? Do you have shares or something? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/15 "2012-08-17T20:28:36Z")
Because we’ve [discussed](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648415) [it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648411) [to](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=637300) [death](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650464), already. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/16 "2012-08-19T11:16:25Z")
Can I hijack this to rant about Hotmail becoming Outlook? No? Ok, I will go back into my dinosaur cave then. _grumble grumble grumble_ ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-timeline/631801/17 "2012-08-19T12:02:22Z")
God you’re right, this sucks. We should all go back to Myspace.