Sep 22
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Today Facebook released what looked to be a whole new product. This new version of Facebook released at F8 will be rolled out to users over the next few weeks. The biggest change is the Facebook Timeline feature, but there is a lot more that goes along with Facebook Timeline than you think. Here are some notes that we took during the Facebook presentation.
Facebook Timeline
The new Facebook Timeline feature is an information aggregation system that organizes all of the content you post to Facebook. The content is organized by time and importance. The Facebook Timeline feature will only surface the most important items. Facebook says, “Its how you can tell the whole story of your life on single page.”
Users can go back in time by clicking on the year in the right hand corner. It will not visibly list all things you did in a year, just the most important stuff. Blue dots will show the most important things, grey dots will show less important things. Nothing will be deleted. It will all be accessible. The less important items will be hidden.
You can add content to your timeline at any point in time. You can add something to a major life event, whether it is text or photos. You can filter your timeline down to one piece of content by clicking on the timeline view option. Content can be sorted by content type such as photos, video, updates, etc.
There are many ways to view the Facebook Timeline. One of the most impressive options is the Map Timeline view. You can see everywhere you have been on a map and it will list the amount of times you have been there. There is a music timeline where you can see all the music your friends have listen to as well.
Mark Zuckerburg, “We wanted to make timeline a place you are proud to call your home.” 
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