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Ooh, cool. I was just idly wondering today whether I could easily delete all my posts from high school (full of angst about calculus and bus rides). If Faceboo

Ooh, cool. I was just idly wondering today whether I could easily delete all my posts from high school (full of angst about calculus and bus rides). If Facebook actually wants people to be using their service in twenty years, they should really build timeline cleansing in.

Casseres 13y ago
I doubt that's something Facebook would ever do as it would remove the point behind "Timeline", which goes all the way back to when the user was born.
- k-mcgrady 13y ago
  If it stops people leaving Facebook like the parent suggests it sounds like something they should build. If people are leaving your service because of one of your major product features you have a problem.
k-mcgrady 13y ago
>> "I was just idly wondering today whether I could easily delete all my posts from high school (full of angst about calculus and bus rides)." Although I agree with your feature request why does it matter to you that that stuff is there? I enjoy going back through my timeline (maybe once a year or so) and seeing old things. There may be a few things that make me cringe but there's nothing so embarrassing that it would have any effect on me currently should anyone else see it.
- personlurking 13y ago
  Probably just me but that sounds crazy (very possible you use it normally while I don't). I've deleted then returned to FB many times. Even when I'm not deleting my account, I always clean out my past posts, sometimes a few days later (after posting them) while other times I'll wait a few weeks. If I add a new profile pic, I usually delete the old one. Also, I talk to people via PM.
wrhs 13y ago
People shouldn't be using this horrible volunteer surveillance/blackmail app, period. Facebook is a cancer of the mind.
myko 13y ago
It would probably be a good idea to make only actions made after accepting a friendship were visible to the new friend. So old HS friends could still see old posts, but new work friends can't.
catilac 13y ago
I agree. Unfortunately, the fact that they include the moment you were born in your timeline makes me feel that they don't want us to easily curate our profile. I might be a pessimist though, I hope they add the feature.
rfnslyr 13y ago
Keep those. It would be funny to look back on in 20 years, if it lasts that long.

Casseres 13y ago

I doubt that's something Facebook would ever do as it would remove the point behind "Timeline", which goes all the way back to when the user was born.

k-mcgrady 13y ago
If it stops people leaving Facebook like the parent suggests it sounds like something they should build. If people are leaving your service because of one of your major product features you have a problem.

k-mcgrady 13y ago

>> "I was just idly wondering today whether I could easily delete all my posts from high school (full of angst about calculus and bus rides)." Although I agree with your feature request why does it matter to you that that stuff is there? I enjoy going back through my timeline (maybe once a year or so) and seeing old things. There may be a few things that make me cringe but there's nothing so embarrassing that it would have any effect on me currently should anyone else see it.

personlurking 13y ago
Probably just me but that sounds crazy (very possible you use it normally while I don't). I've deleted then returned to FB many times. Even when I'm not deleting my account, I always clean out my past posts, sometimes a few days later (after posting them) while other times I'll wait a few weeks. If I add a new profile pic, I usually delete the old one. Also, I talk to people via PM.

wrhs 13y ago

People shouldn't be using this horrible volunteer surveillance/blackmail app, period. Facebook is a cancer of the mind.

myko 13y ago

It would probably be a good idea to make only actions made after accepting a friendship were visible to the new friend. So old HS friends could still see old posts, but new work friends can't.

catilac 13y ago

I agree. Unfortunately, the fact that they include the moment you were born in your timeline makes me feel that they don't want us to easily curate our profile. I might be a pessimist though, I hope they add the feature.

rfnslyr 13y ago

Keep those. It would be funny to look back on in 20 years, if it lasts that long.