Facebook rolls out ‘Timeline’ feature to all users

Facebook has started to transform profile pages into interactive digital scrapbooks that let members of the world’s leading online social network tell the stories of their lives.

The Timeline feature was unveiled at a developers conference in September and comes with new ways to discover and share music, movies, books and news.

“Timeline gives you an easy way to rediscover the things you shared and collect your most important moments,” Facebook said in a blog.

The change is now available to its more than 800 million members.

“It also lets you share new experiences, like the music you listen to or the miles you run.”

Timeline visually graphs Facebook posts based on when they were uploaded, letting people look back at pictures from special events, accomplishments, pithy text exchanges and other updates from their lives.

Change is now available to more than 800 million members

After upgrading to Timeline, people will have seven days to privately review and edit how it will be viewable by friends at the social network before it automatically goes live online.

“Your new timeline will replace your profile, but all your stories and photos will still be there,” said Facebook.

Tools allow Facebook users to hide posts they don’t want included in their Timeline.

Facebook also tailored a version of Timeline for use on smartphones or tablet computers powered by Google’s Android software.

“Mobile Timeline starts with your unique cover photo,” Facebook’s Mick Johnson said in a blog post.

“As you scroll down, you’ll see your posts, photos and life events as they happened, back to the day you were born.”

Unveiling Timeline in September, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg described it as “the story of your life”.

He demonstrated by showing how his new profile page chronicled his experiences from meeting US President Barack Obama to baby photos.

“What Timeline does is show all the recent activity and then as you go back in time it starts summarising the things you’ve done in your life,” he said.