More changes for Facebook

PROMOTION: Zuckerberg is hoping for more registered users

MARK Zuckerberg, the lynchpin of social networking giant Facebook has announced a sweeping set of changes to his powerful website.  However, it has received a mixed response from regular users of the site.  Under pressure from the public launch of Google+ this week, Zuckerberg has confirmed a new profile will be launched called ‘Timeline,’ in the next few weeks.  Already, new changes made this week have been criticised as too ‘compact’ and ‘confusing.’

     At a conference in San Francisco yesterday, Zuckerberg gave a speech about the changes and showed a video of how ‘Timeline’ will work.  He said; “The first thing you will notice is that it is a lot more visual.  There will still be a section for news stories and your wall page will just look a lot nicer.  All your stories, all your apps, it’s a new way to express your life.”

     ‘Timeline’ will allow users of the site to plot out their lives back to when they were born, through photos and events.  Users will also be able to share photos, videos and links without having to click the popular ‘like’ button. 

      Google+ went public on Wednesday and is hoping to capitalise on those Facebook regulars who are bound to react with disapproval at another rafting set of changes.  25million users worldwide have already been attracted to Google+ via invitation and it will be interesting to see how they can do in an area that Facebook and Twitter have dismantled the other competition in recent years.

     As for Facebook, the evolution continues. . . 

A brief video of how ‘Timeline’ will work is shown here from YouTube.