Of mice, keyboards and Facebook's Timeline Remover tweaks

"Over time, we expect governments will become more responsive to issues and concerns raised directly by all their people rather than through intermediaries controlled by a select few. Through this process, we believe that leaders will emerge across all countries who are pro-internet and fight for the rights of their people, including the right to share what they want and the right to access all information that people want to share with them." [via ME, the major shareholder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg]

Now, that you've basked in Zuckerberg's infinite wisdom, let's get to the point.

If you installed the Facebook Timeline Remover plug-in on either Firefox or Chrome, you might have noticed that it works pending the next restart of your computer. To save you the trouble, as soon as you install the plugin, access it via Tools - Add-ons - TimeLineRemove.Com - More (Firefox) and click the "off" check box when asked how your updates should be handled. I bet that is a similar strategy for Chrome users, I'll check it later and let you know.

The explanation is simple: you download the plugin from www.timelineremove.com, install the stable version (1.0.2) and, unless you tweak it as described above, the plug-in updates itself within seconds to version 1.0.3, forcing you to uninstall/reinstall the plug-in every time your computer restarts, in order for Facebook to acknowledge it. Furthermore, you can check it yourself on your Facebook account, via the drop-down list next to the Home option. Should it be effective, you'll see a Timeline Remover option at the bottom of the list. Version 1.0.3 is a beta version, which tries to keep up with the constant and chaotic changes that Zuckerberg's kill-joy squad are trying to perform on Facebook's code.

Obviously, there are plenty of morons out there trying to prevent you from installing this add-on. You are the master of your computer, you decide. Nobody tries to impose anything on you. As for the negative comments, there is a significant reply in the movie Paul (2011): "You can't win with these people!".