This statistic shows some user responses to Facebook's Timeline feature, which was recently announced in late 2011 and began a full-scale roll-out in January 2012. Early adopters had mixed opinions on the Timeline feature, with the majority of 79 percent wishing it was optional, not mandatory.
Early adopters' opinions on Facebook's January 2012 Timeline feature
(in percent)
Characteristic
Share of respondents
I have Facebook Timeline and I like it
77%
I don't have Facebook Timeline and I don't like it
89%
I wish Timeline was optional
79%
Timeline is a tool that reveals more than I want to share
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Mashable. (February 1, 2012). Early adopters' opinions on Facebook's January 2012 Timeline feature (in percent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/217969/user-responses-to-facebook-timeline-feature/
Mashable. "Early adopters' opinions on Facebook's January 2012 Timeline feature (in percent)." Chart. February 1, 2012. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/217969/user-responses-to-facebook-timeline-feature/
Mashable. (2012). Early adopters' opinions on Facebook's January 2012 Timeline feature (in percent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/217969/user-responses-to-facebook-timeline-feature/
Mashable. "Early Adopters' Opinions on Facebook's January 2012 Timeline Feature (in Percent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/217969/user-responses-to-facebook-timeline-feature/
Mashable, Early adopters' opinions on Facebook's January 2012 Timeline feature (in percent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/217969/user-responses-to-facebook-timeline-feature/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Early adopters' opinions on Facebook's January 2012 Timeline feature (in percent) [Graph], Mashable, February 1, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/217969/user-responses-to-facebook-timeline-feature/
