Facebook Starts Upgrading Profiles To Timeline

A couple of readers told us that [timeline previews][1] have kicked in on their profiles without their having initiated the change themselves. A welcome message, coupled with the invitation to tour the features and publish shows up at the top of the homepage.

![][2]The screenshot above was taken on a friend's homepage on March 21, and said party's profile has since [published a timeline][3] (Note: the tour and publish buttons have been moved in the image in order to fit into this blog's narrower column widths).

A [sitewide rollout of timeline][4] onto all _**profiles**_ seems imminent. Six months have elapsed since Facebook first unveiled the timeline profile, and as of today this advanced layout is live on all _brand pages. _Less-technologically inclined folks have interpreted today's timeline deadline to include profiles **_and_** pages, thinking the two are synonymous.

We know that [37 million ][5]**[pages][5] **- that's the number of brand presences on Facebook - have timeline, but now we're eager to learn how many of the 845 million or so **_profiles_** om Facebook now have timeline. We'll update this post with any numbers we obtain along those lines. In the mean time, readers, can you share your observations: How many of your friends have upgraded to timeline on their individual accounts?

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[1]: http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-timeline-pages-profiles-3-2012-03
[2]: http://www.allfacebook.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sulkster.png (sulkster)
[3]: http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-timeline-undo-2011-12
[4]: http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-timeline-mandatory-2012-01
[5]: http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-timeline-8million-2012-03
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