Facebook Timeline is lame

I really don't know when my profile was switched to Timeline view on my Facebook profile. I don't like the way Facebook handles my information. Yet, I am forced to use it because all of my friends and family uses it. Despite the lack of respect for my privacy and the attitude of "opt in by default", I am forced to use it because of it provided a convenient way to stay in touch with my social contacts. This leverage Facebook has on people's lives has name a "Network effect".

I think Facebook went too far with Timeline feature. If we go by the Facebook the civilization started with the earliest date entry in their network. My marriage to my wife , according to Facebook timeline, happened on Dec 26, 2010. And I met my wife, again according to Facebook timeline, on Aug 27, 2007.

In my life these events happened much earlier than what "Facebook timeline" shows.  The dates on the Facebook timeline are probably when I added her as a Friend on Facebook and later as my spouse.

One thing it showed right is my year of graduation. I am glad that it did not show my date of birth as the day I joined Facebook. I feel it should treat other events in a person's life similarly.

This is does not appear to be a huge problem for many of the Facebook users. However the Facebook and its Timeline feature could be a great help for "memory loss patients" in future..