# Should I change to Facebook Timeline? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 22, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-to-facebook-timeline/613601 "2012-02-22T04:51:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-to-facebook-timeline/613601/21 "2012-02-22T19:44:55Z")
> [@surfrider55](#): > > If you do this, is this the way everyone else will view it as well or just for you? No, it only affects the way the site is displayed to you. Everyone else will still see your profile the way it normally appears. Although once you set Social Fixer up, it changes how everyone’s timeline appears, not just yours. (Again, just to you, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-to-facebook-timeline/613601/22 "2012-02-22T20:00:20Z")
I decline all Facebook changes because they’re going to force it upon you eventually anyway. Might as well stick with one for as long as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-to-facebook-timeline/613601/23 "2012-02-22T21:33:50Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > How much do you really look at your own profile? Quoted for truth. I changed mine a while back and I like it on my infrequent visits to my own profile. I think the cover photo can be used in very cool ways. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-to-facebook-timeline/613601/24 "2012-02-22T21:43:56Z")
It’s not a big deal. I like the cover photo I picked. A little harder to find things but who is going to look that far back on me? ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-to-facebook-timeline/613601/25 "2012-02-22T22:55:00Z")
Absolutely f\*\*\*ing hate it. Switched to it because I thought I would “have to,” and regret it. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-to-facebook-timeline/613601/26 "2012-02-23T00:20:20Z")
Every time I look at a Timeline profile, I think back to the butterfly ballot from Bush v. Gore. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-to-facebook-timeline/613601/27 "2012-02-23T00:24:02Z")
I liked the change personally, but then again I rarely go to my own page, but I have a nice photo there. I never get too worked up about it, I mean it is only Facebook, not too important in my day to day life. I haven’t noticed it overall being too big of a pain, you don’t see it in the newsfeed and occasionally I see other peoples timeline when I click on their page but day to day not a big deal. ---
**Author:** ![grama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@grama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grama)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-to-facebook-timeline/613601/28 "2012-02-23T09:15:18Z")
People always rant when facebook changes something (and i do it too), but this is the one change i actually liked. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-to-facebook-timeline/613601/29 "2012-02-23T12:19:40Z")
Hate it. I don’t want to use Facebook to “Tell my life story through photos, friendships and personal milestones”. Bollocks to that. It’s not a personal advertisement, or a storytelling site. I don’t want to see peoples’ life stories broken up into whatever Facebook considers important, so I will hang on as long as I possibly can. Why yes, I am also still using Gmail’s old interface. And get off my lawn. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-to-facebook-timeline/613601/30 "2012-02-23T12:26:09Z")
Hate it! Especially, when it jumps around while trying to read or type something. I’ll hold out as long as possible. I’ve read alot of posts about people leaving FB but I doubt most will, myself included. I’m not on often, but I like to get in touch with old friends every so often. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-to-facebook-timeline/613601.md?page=1)