I recently switched over to the highly buzzed about Facebook timeline. I was a little apprehensive at first, as I am when I try most new things, but mostly I was just excited to see what it was all about. The first option it gives you is to choose a cover photo, probably one of the coolest features of the new Facebook profile design. Facebook gives you a wide space at the top of your profile for a photo of your choice. What better way to give friends an idea of who you are? Here’s a chance to show your creative side or lack there of for some like me ;)
The other feature of heated debate is the profile timeline which allows you to look back at your Facebook activity over the years or even decades! I’m only 22 and haven’t even had my Facebook profile for a decade but I was able to look back at the early 2000s, which were senior year of high school and my very first memories of college. I’m not gonna lie, I was a little nervous about what I was going to find. I’m sure we’ve all said and put things on Facebook that we wished we wouldn’t, but I was pleasantly surprised. It highlighted photos and memories that were pretty funny to look back on (photos from Halloween freshman year- our dorm totally judged us). Granted some of the posts you come across might be a little awkward or embarrassing—a friend told me he ‘Liked’ Gossip Girl in 2008 (EMBARRASSING..jk) but mostly it’s just like one giant photo album. A photo captures a million words and memories last forever after all, right?
To all of those who are uneasy or afraid of the new changes, I say just jump! Sure, the thought of the timeline is a little creepy. Now all of your Facebook friends can look back at your photos/ posts over the years but so what! I mean, if you put it on Facebook at one point you obviously assumed your Facebook friends were going to see it. Change isn’t always such a bad thing. Think of our lives before Facebook and all that’s changed since then. I say embrace the change and choose a kick ass cover photo that says something about you on the top of your profile. Mine’s currently the bean in Chi town-my attempt at being artsy, don’t judge.
