Facebook are keeping us on our toes again by making the new look Timeline compulsory. Up until now, people have had seven days to ‘play around’ with it before deciding to keep it however Facebook have now announced that it will be compulsory for its’ 800 millions of users within the next couple of weeks!

What is Timeline?

If you haven’t seen it, the Timeline allows users to create a more visually impactful profile and the ability to share the story of their whole lives.

Social Apps

The new social apps will allow you to express who you are through all the things that you do — the music you love, the recipes you enjoy, the runs you take, and more.

The general opinion online is mixed. Some people are understandably upset about the forced change which as you can see is dramatically different.

What do you think? Do you like the new Timeline?

Facebook have today agreed to tighten their privacy controls as part of a settlement with US regulators over abuse of user data.

This all started back in 2009 when Facebook changed settings to make public details users may have deemed private. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that the company had made a “bunch of mistakes”.

The Federal Trade Commimssion said Facebook, which has 800 million users, had agreed to get consumers’ approval before changing the way it shares their data.

Hopefully this will renew confidence among the Facebook user population that their information will not be shared beyond the privacy settings that they have established.

What do you think?

I ran a three week Social Media Training Programme a few months ago for Sligo County Enterprise Board. Sligo CEB are now kindly offering all delegates who attended this Training the chance for a FREE, one hour, one-to-one, follow up session with me next week.

These one-to-one sessions will be happening December 5^th, 6^th and 8^th in Sligo County Enterprise Board, Development Centre, Cleveragh Road, Sligo.  To book your FREE one hour consultation with me, please go to

http://www.sligoenterprise.ie/Book-Training-Online/Social-Media-Follow-up-Clinics

Scroll down and select ’1′ beside the day of your choice, scroll down and select ‘continue’ and enter your details.

Places are limited to 6 participants per day so early booking is advisable. If you are unable to secure a place, please contact me and we will look into the possibility of running additional days.

Looking forward to seeing you next week,

Debbie

The good news for all page admins out there is that you can preview your page and see how the changes will impact you before you upgrade. You have the option to upgrade early but it’s worth noting that all pages will automatically be upgraded on March 10 2011.

Click hear to read more about these changes and also preview your page(s).

Although it will take some time for everyone to to get used to the new page layout, it’s great to see that Facebook are listening to its users and making the changes we’ve all been asking for! So get previewing your page and let me what do you think of the changes?

Kids in Sligo is a WordPress blogging site Debbie has set up and runs to let people living in, or visting Sligo, know what there is to do for children and families. To support this Debbie has set up a Facebook fan site and she also Twitters to ensure we get the most coverage

What we did

• Web site development
• Twitter background design
• Facebook business page setup

Links

• Website – www.kidsinsligo.ie
• Facebook Business Page
• Twitter