Everyone has their share of regrets. Everyone has skeletons
in their closet. Everyone goes through a time that we wish others didn’t
remember. Typically, these times can be kicked under the rug and forgotten
about. However, with Facebook’s recent implementation of the “Timeline” profile
format, these memories could haunt you, and whomever views your profile,
forevermore.
Available since the beginning of December, its been optional
for users to switch their profile format over to Timeline. However, Tuesday of
this week, Facebook released a warning to those who have yet to convert,
telling them they had seven days to clean things up. (Remove photo tags, delete
statuses, hide posts, etc.)Following the cleanup grace period, all profiles
will be converted, making all of our pasts extremely visible. By simply
clicking on a year on the right side of the page, observers can be directed to
all the activity the user completed during that year. Including but not limited
to: friends added, notes written, photo albums uploaded, and statuses
published. Scary thought.
With enough effort, Facebookers can successfully hide their
not-so-proudest moments from the typical base of Facebook users. Anything and
everything posted to the Internet is archived, and accessible to companies and
other investigators. All in all, it is of the utmost importance to comb through
your past and clean it up NOW. Don’t wait. Your closest family and friends can
understand when you say “the past is the past”, but future employers may not
share that view.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/facebook-forces-users-to-switch-to-timeline-making-their-pasts-more-visible/2012/01/24/gIQAx3qNOQ_story.html?tid=pm_business_pop
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