The time has come. For all you not-soearly adaptors, Facebook is finally making the full blown plunge into Timeline. With the imminent and mandatory switchover looming, the time to make the changes to what will be published on your Timeline is now.
Timeline won't show any previously private information, but the new format makes all information much more accessible to
the casual user. Additionally, Facebook will use an algorithm to determine which stories to showcase within your Timeline. This means that old pictures previously buried beneath hundreds of more recent images may now be upfront for all to see. Same goes for all your old “likes”, every comment you’ve posted, and location you’ve checked into. Yikes!
Privacy:
Make sure your Timeline privacy settings are to your liking. Under ‘Privacy Settings’, click on ‘Timeline and Tagging’. This will allow you to customize who can post to your Timeline, who can see posts you’ve been tagged in, or review settings to approve posts from friends before they appear on your Timeline.
Hide Posts:
To veto a post from being shown on your Timeline, hit the pencil icon at the top of the post and select “Hide from Timeline”. The post is still in the archives of your Facebook account (in your activity log), but won’t be visible to others on your page.
Prioritize Posts:
You can make sure your favorite image, quote or post gets the “above the fold” treatment by highlighting it. Click the star icon in the top right corner of the post and it will take up two columns instead of one in your Timeline.
Double Check:
Before going public, check your work from the perspective of a specific friend or the general public. In the edit tab on your profile (it looks like a gear icon), click ‘view as’. If you can see things that you don’t want that person to see, you’ve got a bit more editing and hiding to do!
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