I've never kept a scrapbook. The closest thing to it is my blog. The facebook timeline is a really cool way to look back on what you've been up to. It is essentially a beautiful online scrapbook of your facebook junk. I like it a lot. It makes me want to share more on facebook just so it will be included on my timeline for years to come. I mean, that is exactly what facebook is trying to accomplish, and I think it will work. However, when it goes live I will have my timeline set to private (if that is even possible). It just feels weird to have any random friend be able to go back and look at all this history, even though when it was initially shared it was open to them bit by bit. I can't really explain it, but it feels strange to think about others browsing through my timeline. By messing around with lists and privacy settings you could use facebook to create a pretty awesome scrapbook of personal stuff. However, I would never put anything online that I wasn't okay with anybody getting ahold of. If it is online you have to assume it can be seen by everyone. That is a good policy to live by. If something might be questionable, then you probably shouldn't post it.
I won't have anything in my timeline that I am ashamed of or embarrassed by. Still, I don't feel okay with having it out there for everyone to see. Facebook is taking a step forward by making our online lives that much more visible... but it might be worth taking a step backward on your own part to evaluate what and how you share things.
