If you’re anything like me, when you heard about the new Facebook Timeline your first thought was, “Crap, again?! They change everything as soon as I get used to it!”

Your second thought was,

“OMG what the hell did my friends post on my wall from when we were all in school?”

No need to worry, though.

First of all, if you’ve been mindful of your privacy settings in the past, then you won’t have too much to worry about. All those past privacy settings apply to your old data. You also have the option of going to Privacy Settings and setting all your old items to “Friends” only. If you have custom privacy settings, for example, “Friends excluding coworkers and John Smith” then you might not want to take that step, as it will overwrite all your previous (stricter) settings.

Second, there is a way to see, hide, restrict, or delete every item that could appear on your timeline.

Third, the timeline is pretty easy to navigate. It’s visual (and beautiful, I might add.) It shouldn’t take you long to get used to it.

I’ve highlighted the major features to get you started.

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