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Tech Tip: Get Facebook's New Timeline Right Now

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On September 23, 2011, 12:55 AM

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg yesterday announced a complete reconceptualization of profile pages on the popular social network with the introduction of Timeline. As Zuckerberg puts it, Timeline is the story of your life.

Gone is the single column wall of posts with the most recent updates telling '15 minutes of your story.' Instead, as the name suggests, you'll see a timeline of life events containing photos and other updates that stretches back to when you joined Facebook. Anyone viewing it can click back to any year where there are updates and see what was going on.

Facebook automatically selects the most important updates and highlights them with a blue dot. Grey dots represent hidden updates that might not be as important. Users can arrange their Timeline however they see fit by removing certain updates or highlighting others that might be important to them. The feature will begin rolling out to the public over the next few weeks, but developers can sign up for early access now. Here's how you can get it too.

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  1. December 17, 2011 6:55 PM
    Guest said:

    Still waiting , , It's been about 30mins

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  2. January 1, 2012 4:54 PM
    Guest said:

    I tried following this procedure TWO times! What could be wrong?? Please help. =( Wanted to try the timeline out

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  3. January 12, 2012 5:36 AM
    Guest said:

    try to watch my time line design go to my blog

    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1359464845

    Reply
  4. August 9, 2012 12:23 AM
    cliffordcooley
    cliffordcooley, TechSpot Paladin, said:

    I'm not sure if everyone has been effected as of today but my guess would be it won't be long.

    Facebook Timeline was finally forced upon me. I was logging in and checking for special messages from someone I consider special to me. As of today when I noticed being forced to use the new Facebook Timeline, I have deactivated my account.

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