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Re: Google "plus"
« Reply #15 on: 09 July, 2011, 23:09:27 pm »
Okay, for your part I can understand it. But my point still stands when it comes to people sitting in front of their computer screens refreshing facebook page every 3 seconds and talk about shit.

I don't know anybody who sits in front of their computer refreshing the page every 3 seconds so I hardly see how this point is valid..

Besides, "talking about shit" is what you do with friends, you don't need to have a structured discussion every single time you talk to them.

I've seen people on their phones refreshing page every 3-5 seconds which annoys me a lot. And sorry Dot, I didn't know you talk shit with your friends, "I just took a shit" etc. Especially when you send that to your 500 "friends" on facebook.


I agree with Dot that the online world of Social Media is very similar to real discussion you get the people who chat about shit all the time, but sometimes you spark a real deep conversation with someone weather it is about a news story that you have both seen about happenings in the world, but how is this different if it is online or in real life?
I also don't agree with the refreshing every 3 seconds, ok I leave it open but it changes the title to (1) notification so I don't need to sit on it all day its passive interaction with it if something is on there communicating with me then sure yes I check it, but surly this is the same as email/ texts or generally just someone talking to you, you wouldn't ignore it all day would you? 

I meant the people who post some shit on their wall which is visible to everyone.

This is facebook for me:

"I just took a shit"

*Like*

*Poke*

*hysterical giggle*

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Re: Google "plus"
« Reply #16 on: 10 July, 2011, 00:03:08 am »
Why you can hide posts from people or a de-friend button :)
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« Reply #17 on: 10 July, 2011, 00:36:08 am »
If thats all you see on facebook u have very strange friends

I just took a shit!
Joe bloggs likes this
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« Reply #18 on: 10 July, 2011, 00:36:37 am »
And i sincerly hope they arent poking the shit

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Re: Google "plus"
« Reply #19 on: 10 July, 2011, 12:20:29 pm »
Haha very much so Steve peoples views on Facebook saeiously screwed if that's all they see but of anyone saw the animation of Facebook poking Google+ then Google+ turns around and wollops Facebook lol rather funni but can't find it as I'm on mobile again
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Re: Google "plus"
« Reply #20 on: 10 July, 2011, 16:11:30 pm »
Right I'm going to put my two pence in about this. Facebook as an idea is good because it has allowed me to keep in touch with friends from High School and also it gives me an idea whats going on. It also provides me with a FREE way of contacting my friends because I've got Facebook on my Mobile. Okay yes I've got email and BBM (Blackberry Messenger) but I'd rather use Facebook for those sorts of things.

The only grippes I have with Facebook is that they change things which they don't need to change for example, the Sidebar on the Right for chat is very annoying and personally I'd rather be able to hide it with a click rather than 2 clicks.
Another gripe is that Facebook doesn't make it known how to use the privacy settings and that the Application Allow pages don't give detailed information on what the application will do.

I've not used Google+ yet but I think the idea of circles is great and the video conversation thing is a great idea!
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Re: Google "plus"
« Reply #21 on: 10 July, 2011, 23:54:22 pm »
Thanks for the comments glad people are starting to discuss instead of flame :)

But ye all conceptolgies and ideas at the moment since there is no right solution to a problem but we can sure improve on things like privacy since ok alot of companies put up there hands up on subjects, but what companies want to give the users full control as then they don't get the data which is the whole reason these sites from a marketing point of view make millions, using the data well free willingly give to them (with or without prior knowledge) since if we want something (sad as it maybe) say a free game where it keeps wanting you to come back to check on things like a farm (no guesses what im on about here) but if they give the user options to only play the game if they give them all your data then most users just click yes... and they earn there buck by learning about you. Ok not saying this is how the world "should" work but this is just one idea from one company. I like different companies giving there views on matters of user interactivity since it gives us the choice.... ok alot of people may be sketchy about new things happening and new ways to interact which is fine but for the people it does help make them connections in life and really use networks it can be a very powerful medium sometimes more important than news it self because it relates to us, us as humans, us in every-way cause its people we know.... (some more views only my personal opinion no one endorsed these ideas just what I'm thinking at this current time)
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Re: Google "plus"
« Reply #22 on: 11 July, 2011, 01:23:07 am »
Your choice not mine
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Re: Google "plus"
« Reply #23 on: 11 July, 2011, 13:05:17 pm »
Bad bad boi :P

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Re: Google "plus"
« Reply #24 on: 11 July, 2011, 16:42:35 pm »
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No offence but when i see comments that size i honestly wont read them

To quote once said - If you don't like it, Tough!

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Re: Google "plus"
« Reply #25 on: 12 July, 2011, 09:08:18 am »
Saw this on Google+, there is a massive conversation of very interesting to read articles aswell but this really does explain, if you can be bothered to read long posts...
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Christina Trapolino  -  1:19 AM  -  Public
Google+ Tip for the day: Stop treating Google+ like Facebook.

When I got my Google+ invitation, I was already itching to shed my Facebook profile. I still feel that way, but I’m starting to realize something really surprising (at least for me): I don’t think Google is my Facebook stand-in. I think Google is far more than a measly “social network,” and that’s why some of my Facebook friends who are migrating over right now seem to be, as they say on the Internet, “doing it wrong.”

I've been a devoted Googlephile for many years, so if Google wanted me to use G+ instead of Facebook, it was gonna happen -- unless they really goofed it up, of course (I'm still not entirely over my breakup with Wave, Google -- but at least I've stopped leaving those creepy voicemails, right?). The push and pull factors were there. They were obvious: Facebook is for “moms” and spam robots -- Google was going to be my new social network.

But something didn't feel quite right about treating my Google+ profile like my Facebook profile, nor treating my Circles like the Facebook social groups I wished I'd always had. There was content everywhere, written by people I’d heard of -- and many I hadn’t. Something about this space was very different than anything Facebook has ever allowed me to experience. It felt like something else, something... bigger, maybe more important. Something collaborative, perhaps. How very Google!

My friends, however, don’t seem to be having the same Google+ experience I am. My tendency so far has been to add as many people with as many interesting views as possible to my Circles, and then to read voraciously and respond all over the place. Meanwhile, my real-life friends are complaining that there’s not enough content to appease them, and I’m the only one dominating their Streams. Why is this happening for them? I think it comes from a fundamental set of expectations about moving from Facebook to Google+. People are treating their Google+ accounts just like Facebook accounts. And I think that’s a doomed approach.

Here is how I think Google+ can be most fully enjoyed and utilized, at this early stage:

Think about what you use Facebook for. If it’s for keeping up with old friends and for keeping up with current, local friends, great. You can use Google+ for that, and it’s definitely got a leg up on Facebook for filtering content.

Interact with content created by users you don’t know personally. If you don’t follow people you don’t already know, you’re going to get bored, and not just because your friends aren’t all here yet. You’ll get bored even after they’ve all arrived. Why do you think Facebook started implementing games and applications? Well, to make money, obviously, but what was the draw for the userbase? I’m willing to bet Facebook figured out that simply reading your friends’ thoughts all day long gets old, and let’s be honest: very few of us have enough friends with enough interesting posts to keep us engaged.

If you like the social games on Facebook, well...you’re not really my target audience. Sorry. For the rest of you -- if you don’t like how Facebook allowed third party junk to start bombarding you with game requests and access to your information, embrace its absence here so far!

I realize that at some point, developers may come up with cool ways to implement games on Google+, but I expect that Google will have learned from the clunky, disorganized, and downright invasive way developers approached this in Facebook. And the best way to keep Google+ rich in content and devoid of lame, invasive apps is to let go of your old ideas about what it means to be on a social network.

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Re: Google "plus"
« Reply #26 on: 12 July, 2011, 15:54:32 pm »
I'll be happy if it gets rid of most of the people on Facebook, because at the moment everyone assumes everyone else is on it. Makes it really awkward when you have to try and explain why you're not on it when someone asks. I'm just hoping this stops that assumption somewhat.


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Re: Google "plus"
« Reply #27 on: 12 July, 2011, 16:22:04 pm »
Just say that you can't be arsed with it

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Re: Google "plus"
« Reply #28 on: 12 July, 2011, 17:02:31 pm »
But then they ask why and say it's really easy to set up.


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Re: Google "plus"
« Reply #29 on: 12 July, 2011, 19:21:06 pm »
"I don't like it"

 


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