Change is imminent. And in the world of social media, when change is always on the horizon, it’s safe to predict that the apocalypse will be upon us within a matter of time.

This time, the end of the world has come with the Facebook Timeline.

Flaming meteors come streaking at us from every side in the form of status updates exclaiming disdain for the new design. Volcanoes erupt from within the quietest of users- Zuckerberg, how could you do this to us, AGAIN?

It seems as though each week, Facebook emerges with minor modifications that are trivial yet still provoke outcry. Remember the new ticker sidebar that tracks every “like” that you make? Or perhaps the “convenient” lists that you can make to separate family and friends?

It has become a regular cycle- change ensues, the public protests and, after a week, we fall into the routine of social networking once more. Yet, the cycle continues, despite the fact that it has almost become mundane with the frequency that it occurs at.

Perhaps this time is different. Zuckerberg has had the gall to change the layout of our profiles entirely, creating a “timeline” of the user’s life. The Timeline, in a rather unnerving fashion, ideally would catalogue the most important and treasured events in a user’s life, beginning at birth.

“I think it’s unnecessary,” said freshman Olivia Sage. “Facebook is for social networking and I just think that changing it makes no difference in the way people use it. It’s a waste of time.”

Many users express sentiments similar to Sage’s. They cry in a fit of rage, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”

While it is true that our resistance to change is often unreasonable, and perhaps simply telling of the cycle that Facebook users continuously fall prey to, the outrage that Timeline has sparked seems to be more justifiable.

Facebook has always been about sharing the details of your life with your friends. And of course, it is up to the user to determine just how much they would like the population of Facebook to know.

Yet, as Facebook begins to force Timeline upon every last user, the grittiest and most embarrassing details of our Facebook careers are being dragged to the surface once more.

Any one of a user’s friends can encroach upon your Timeline, select a year at random, and peruse the likely treasure trove of angst-filled statuses from the dark ages of Facebook.

“This takes stalking to an entirely new level,” said freshman Brigid McGlynn. “Like back in middle school when I thought it was cool to make a duck face in every picture. I obviously did not anticipate this change.”

Timeline also can track and share what music you are listening to on Spotify, which Washington Post articles you are choosing to read and which events you have proclaimed that you shall be present at.

While the user can control the sharing of many of these actions, the fact that Timeline does share them automatically is troublesome to many.

The user must actively alter the settings for each app that they use, in addition to deleting any incriminating photos that they do not believe the community of Facebook needs to see (re: duck face photos).

Timeline was created by Facebook to cultivate a more cohesive and representative image of each user. Yet, many believe that their image is too cohesive for comfort, bringing up a past that should be present yet not so accessible.

Unfortunately, Zuckerberg somehow doesn’t have the time to reply to users’ enraged status updates. But as the cycle continues to progress, users are beginning to accept the Timeline, seventh-grade statuses and all.