Users Like Google+ More Than Facebook
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I like Facebook Timeline. I don't understand why everyone hates it. Honestly.
People have always found a reason to hate Facebook whilst simultaneously living there. That said, this seems to be more long lasting, for no real reason.
I really don't want to bother moving to Google+, so this actually kind of annoys me. I'm not opposed to competition, but the thought of setting up another social network account is daunting. Yes, I'm probably just that lazy.
People have always found a reason to hate Facebook whilst simultaneously living there. That said, this seems to be more long lasting, for no real reason.
I really don't want to bother moving to Google+, so this actually kind of annoys me. I'm not opposed to competition, but the thought of setting up another social network account is daunting. Yes, I'm probably just that lazy.
Facebook hasn't forced this on me yet. In fact, I'm surprised anyone feels they can't opt out.Greg Tito said:
I don't like Facebook that much, but I don't dislike it more than any other social network I've tried (it's a hell of a lot better than Myspace was). It helps that I'm a very proactive user. I only friend people I know personally (current count is just above fifty and I'm damn proud of that), I regularly check to be sure my privacy settings are up-to-date, I don't play any social games, and because I'm on Firefox, I've got the adblock add-on and don't have to see any ads.
Also, I've been very fortunate that my mom doesn't want to use Facebook. Overall, I'm content with it.
Oh come on. I really don't want to be bothered to go to google+ as well, it took me long enough to fully figure out facebook. I honestly hope people don't move there because people barely bother to communicate by anything else than social networking these days, and I'm going to be annoyed if I have to use multiple sites to coax my latest media group into co-operating.
What the hell is this secondary title supposed to mean? Morons who?
And as far as this debate goes, really ... It isn't completely comparable, Google+ and Facebook. As business models differ so wildly. Just use what ever your clique does and remember:
Live and let live.
Well durrrr.....
Maybe, and this is just me throwing this out there - but MAY-BE-E - the 1% of people on Google+, are on Google+ BECAUSE they don't like Facebook. If 1% of people are lactose intolerant, and they use goats milk instead, and 100% of those people say that goats milk is better than cow milk - does that somehow compute that 100% of people who drink goats milk prefer it to cow milk?, does that mean that goat milk is somehow better?
No, but nobody at the escapist will read or understand this point.
There's an old saying my grandfather used to say, he'd tap his pipe on the fireplace while picking Rich Tea crumbs out of his beard, and he'd look at me wistfully with a tear in his eye, and say ''9/10 people enjoy gang rape''. It's the same thing - take a tiny sample of something that the tiny sample enjoy, then forget statistical and scientific methods, and just presume that the tiny sample somehow represent the status quo, and claim their opinion as fact for the whole populous. It works, because we are all retards yes?
The bottom line, is that the 1% of people who use Google+ compared to the 99% of people who use Facebook, those 1% prefer it, otherwise they wouldn't bloody use it. Those people obviously prefer Google+. It makes a better headline than saying only 1% of actual people prefer Google+ to Facebook.
Besides, Facebook, Bebo, MySpace, Google+ - it's all shite, we can't avoid sharing these things with human beings, and they will always drag the system down to their level. Before long, Google+ will be as popular and as pointless and moronic as Facebook - so why bother switching.
Maybe, and this is just me throwing this out there - but MAY-BE-E - the 1% of people on Google+, are on Google+ BECAUSE they don't like Facebook. If 1% of people are lactose intolerant, and they use goats milk instead, and 100% of those people say that goats milk is better than cow milk - does that somehow compute that 100% of people who drink goats milk prefer it to cow milk?, does that mean that goat milk is somehow better?
No, but nobody at the escapist will read or understand this point.
There's an old saying my grandfather used to say, he'd tap his pipe on the fireplace while picking Rich Tea crumbs out of his beard, and he'd look at me wistfully with a tear in his eye, and say ''9/10 people enjoy gang rape''. It's the same thing - take a tiny sample of something that the tiny sample enjoy, then forget statistical and scientific methods, and just presume that the tiny sample somehow represent the status quo, and claim their opinion as fact for the whole populous. It works, because we are all retards yes?
The bottom line, is that the 1% of people who use Google+ compared to the 99% of people who use Facebook, those 1% prefer it, otherwise they wouldn't bloody use it. Those people obviously prefer Google+. It makes a better headline than saying only 1% of actual people prefer Google+ to Facebook.
Besides, Facebook, Bebo, MySpace, Google+ - it's all shite, we can't avoid sharing these things with human beings, and they will always drag the system down to their level. Before long, Google+ will be as popular and as pointless and moronic as Facebook - so why bother switching.
Everybody bitched about timeline because it was more "complicated". It's like having a Mac after 15 years of using a PC. It takes a while to get use to..
Note* I hope that I will not regret my Mac metaphor. Please be civil guys.
Note* I hope that I will not regret my Mac metaphor. Please be civil guys.
Mostly that people who go out of their way to use a non-default social network like said social network.PrototypeC said:
In other news: the sky is still blue. More at eleven.
Not only have I read and understood it, I also - prior to reading it - made the same point in the space of a single sentence. I feel soooo proud right now.surg3n said:
I giggled at your family wisdom though.
Hehe, I do tend to ramble sometimes. I didn't direct that 'failure to understand' comment at forum users though, that was more directed at the writers, and the general pattern of articles we see here. Really, I'm tired of the outlandish and misleading topic titles, treating us like Daily Mail readers, like retards who rely on The Escapist keeping us in the loop.Kargathia said:
Anyhoo, hope anyone who read that wasn't offended, except Greg Tito of course
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It's easy to get a good user rating when no-one users your service
Seriously, the only people using Google+ are the strong-willed tech minded people who tend to dislike Facebook, so it's easy to please people when your only serving the active and not dealing with the average guy
Seriously, the only people using Google+ are the strong-willed tech minded people who tend to dislike Facebook, so it's easy to please people when your only serving the active and not dealing with the average guy