[ash_16]

omg is that the actual new layout?! i thought there's was something wrong with my laptop when i was looking at my friend's wall page

[moonkatt]

Seriously, its a free service, if you have that much of a problem with information you have input about yourself into it then don't bloody use it and delete your account.

[Organ]

(Original post by Silver Arrow)
So Facebook has a new layout. Here's what it looks like if you haven't already gotten it; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...t-changes.html

With the current one, you can see just about everything that happens. If a friend posts a comment to somebody else, it appears on the top right tab. You can see just about anything and everything that your friends get up to and they can can see you too. I don't know about anybody else but i find this extremely invasive.

It's showing far too much information which is visible to everyone in your friends list be they friends, family, workmates, acquaintances e.t.c For example if you post on a friends wall about last night's shenanigans or who cheated on who,with who, then you better believe that everybody on both the people's friends list will know about it.

This has gone too far what do you guys thing about it?

yeah. it's pretty depressing seeing your life like that tbh

[ameelia22]

I think facebook as a whole is getting too invasive, and there are ways around it but we're just too lazy.

I get the fact that we like to share our photos from the night before; use flickr, share them with exactly who you want to share them with. Plus that way you won't have a couple of hundred people you kind-of-know-but-not-really looking through all your stuff.

I get that we need our events, and our invitations and stuff to be organised online, it's simple, quick and easy, but i know Windows Live has something similar, even if it's not as good.

Post a status; send a tweet.

The fact that facebook is used for everyone of these things is becoming too much, it was fine for when it was like: this person also goes to your college, this person is studying this, this person knows this person, blah blah blah, but any point beyond that I think could be getting out of control. Plus you have the stupid people that don't take care of their private settings very well.

Me? I take every advantage of the privacy settings. I have everyone I know on there, and respond to events on there too, and share my photos on there, but only about 10 of my close friends see everything everyone else might see my profile picture and date of birth if they're lucky. If i want to share an album with someone, i'll just make it accessible for them.

What you want to share with the world, do. What you don't want to share with the world, don't.

[Steezy]

Completely agree. The new tab at the top right has stopped me writing anything on anyone's walls. I stopped doing status updates a while ago because I find them needy and/or boring.

So all that's left is to watch and laugh at the masses projecting how much of a tool they are to their friends, families, colleagues and any other unlucky bastard who presses "confirm".

God I hate people.

[Kolya]

(Original post by Silver Arrow)
It's showing far too much information which is visible to everyone in your friends list be they friends, family, workmates, acquaintances e.t.c For example if you post on a friends wall about last night's shenanigans or who cheated on who,with who, then you better believe that everybody on both the people's friends list will know about it.

How's that invasive? You're posting on somebody else's wall - it's not invading your space. If you were to put the same post on your wall (and tag the friends for convenience) then you could choose exactly who sees it.

[Marisa_Grace]

To be honest I've always found Facebook quite invasive - most of one's 'friends' on there are only acquantainces, with the exclusion obviously of close friends, and so I don't wish to share intimate details of my life on there to people with whom face to face I scarcely speak.

[Schemilix]

Isn't Facebook exactly for that? It's by its nature pretty invasive. I tend to just post jokes, nonsense, and stuff I actually want everyone knowing like something good that happened e.g. winning a competition.

[donotpanic:P]

i still have the old layout and if they force me to change it, i'll probably leave facebook

[hamijack]

Really? They're gonna change it again?!?

[viffer]

(Original post by Steezy)
Completely agree. The new tab at the top right has stopped me writing anything on anyone's walls. I stopped doing status updates a while ago because I find them needy and/or boring.

So all that's left is to watch and laugh at the masses projecting how much of a tool they are to their friends, families, colleagues and any other unlucky bastard who presses "confirm".

God I hate people.

Have you knicked my log-in?

[Shippy]

yeah i don't like the way facebook is going, mine is deactivated at the moment and tbh i'm only really missing being able to chat to the few friends i speak to on there conveniently. Oh and missing being able to stalk my bf

[L'Amour Toujours]

(Original post by gummers)
Timeline has been available for months!
If you don't want people to see things don't put them on, same if you don't want to see other peoples information don't have them as friends.

This whole facebook argument really annoys me. It's a great website to socialise and stay up to date with friends/past friends, music, uni work, nights out etc and quite frankly if there is something you don't like about it then you're simply doing it wrong.

Albeit, I don't like how easy it is for people to see stuff from years ago.. Hence my girlfriend seeing other girls writing on my wall from before we were together, this is a flaw. BUT it's nothing that 10-15minutes of deleted can't solve.

Exactly this; took the words right outta my mouth.

Facebook changes are always a bit Marmite-esque, in that people either love them or hate them without even giving the new format a chance. I, personally, opted to voluntarily start using the 'timeline' and I quite like it. Yes, it has flaws, but you wouldn't be using social media whatsoever if you were that concerned about 'OMFG NO PRIVACY?!' surely?

[ThePropheticNomad]

I'm sick of these constant changes. This one is a step too far. I'm actively considering deactivating my account; a number of my friends already have.

(Original post by donotpanic:P)
i still have the old layout and if they force me to change it, i'll probably leave facebook

get ready to leave then

[takethyfacehence]

I hate it when people say 'if you don't like it, don't use it' ... okay so we're not paying customers but it's still a service that we use, obviously we're going to complain a bit if it changes in a way we don't like. And saying that isn't really going to change anyone's mind, it's a bit of a moody non-point. Plus it can be very inconvenient to stop using it... that's why you have people in this thread saying 'It is super convenient to do x, y, z, but I make sure I'm careful with what I share on FB/sort out all the privacy settings'...

[SophiaKeuning]

I've deleted mine. I'm sick of people trying to be in their own little tabloids.

[Makaveli_The_Don]

This new timeline is going to propel Google+ to stardom.

[coca]

I stopped using it months ago so I couldn't care less what they do with the layout.

[James4d]

Facebook always do this. Fair enough, we always moan and complain when they change the layout, but we always get used to it. But this seems like too much a drastic change to get used to.

Also, too many people are already using facebook as a 'who has the best life!' contest. With this in place, its just going to insanely drive people to look as if they have the best timeline. And anyone who's timeline doesnt involve playing live shows, travelling in Africa or meeting the cast of 'Hollyoaks' will be seen as 'boring'.

This is a little too much...

[jmfc]

I've just updated my privacy settings and I've got to admit it doesn't have to evasive. You just have to manage your privacy settings properly. You can choose you sees each of your albuns, each of your posts....
After this changes, I can say my FB account is ok!