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stonebeard 
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Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057 |
 Topic: Google+Posted: July 11 2011 at 11:23 |
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Can someone explain to me why this is supposed to be better than Facebook, besides giving people a grace period before their parents join and embarrass them once more?
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: July 11 2011 at 11:26 |
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1) You organize your friends into "circles" and can publish things only in certain circles and even use different names/photos for each one, I think. The people who are not in the circle don't even know it exists. And
2) It's invite only so that makes it cool. 3) Facebook is evil, man. |
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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stonebeard
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Posted: July 11 2011 at 11:28 |
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Stonebeard +1'd this.
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Padraic
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Posted: July 11 2011 at 11:29 |
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That's the thing - you put your parents in the family circle and they don't see the passed-out drunk stupid photos you post in the friends circle.  |
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stonebeard
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Posted: July 11 2011 at 11:34 |
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I guess it might matter (a little bit)...eventually. And I know it's still in beta but it doesn't feel very different, except for somehow feeling more smart phone friendly, which of course I don't care about since I don't have one.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: July 11 2011 at 12:32 |
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Hopefully it's better because they won't change it (for the worse) on a bi-weekly basis.
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stonebeard
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Posted: July 11 2011 at 12:49 |
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Uh...we are talking about the same Google, right?
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: July 11 2011 at 12:54 |
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 So probably another fad I won't bother with Edited by Triceratopsoil - July 11 2011 at 12:55 |
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Catcher10
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Posted: July 11 2011 at 13:01 |
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^ Exactly.....what is Google anyway?
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Padraic
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Posted: July 11 2011 at 13:58 |
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I'm surprised you haven't heard of them, they are a fairly large internet company primarily known for their search engine. |
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: July 11 2011 at 14:01 |
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It's also a villain in an early 20th century children's novel.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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zappaholic
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Joined: March 24 2006 Location: flyover country Status: Offline Points: 2822 |
Posted: July 11 2011 at 19:36 |
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Didn't bother with MySpace, not bothering with Facebook, not gonna bother with Google+.
And I'm sure you're all eternally grateful. |
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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Man With Hat
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Posted: July 11 2011 at 21:23 |
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I'm pretty sure you could make certain things accessable to certain people on FB. Not sure if it applies to photos and I have no idea how to do it, but I know you can with certain things.
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I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: July 11 2011 at 21:28 |
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I know you can make status updates, at least, not visible to certain people on facebook
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The T
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Posted: July 11 2011 at 23:21 |
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Pat (Ancient), I love your signature.
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: July 12 2011 at 10:13 |
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:O!!!
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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Vompatti
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Posted: July 12 2011 at 10:22 |
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: July 12 2011 at 18:18 |
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I LOVE Facebook.Because of FB I know more about what my daughter is up to than I do from living with her.
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Boray
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Joined: March 28 2011 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 30 |
Posted: July 12 2011 at 18:24 |
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On Facebook they are called "friend lists"... You can hide and show things very specific on Facebook.
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JJLehto
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Posted: July 12 2011 at 18:28 |
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Such a parent thing to say Jody  |
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Henry Plainview wrote:
