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General discussion (archive)Don't like Facebook? How about Google+(107 posts)(107 posts)
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Posted June 28, 2011
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Darling_Jimmy: I've always had this sinking feeling Google already knows everything about me.


Also, an oldie but a goodie.
Ah yes, the opt out village. That really caught on... fire. Shame really.
Posted June 28, 2011
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Twilight: You can do all this with facebook. Circles is a copy of friend lists, Hangout is a limited functionality facebook group.
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keeveek: Is not, and is not.

Of course, you may set some groups for your friends, but choosing who can see that one particular photo of you and who can't is not as easy as it looks on Google+

Hangouts is for multiple video conversation among friends, and not for collecting people who share interests with you.
That's what I'm saying... these things are possible on facebook, but the interface is so clunky, that it's practically impossible.

And Hangouts really remind me of groups in one way. You also have a link that you have to click to enter a common chat room. It just doesn't have webcams. But since it is so easy to start a conversation and it goes public, it seems more useful on that google thing :)
Posted June 28, 2011
I hate Google. I really hate them. Partly because they are so good at development, partly because of their resources, but mainly because they can do such creepy stuff, yet people think that they're their best friends. You can trust google, their mantra is "Don't be evil".

Sorry everyone. It's just a thread about Google requires me to say evil at least twice and to restate my hatred of them.
Posted June 28, 2011
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wpegg: I hate Google. I really hate them. Partly because they are so good at development, partly because of their resources, but mainly because they can do such creepy stuff, yet people think that they're their best friends. You can trust google, their mantra is "Don't be evil".

Sorry everyone. It's just a thread about Google requires me to say evil at least twice and to restate my hatred of them.
Yeah, it's so evil to provide so many services for free...

I bet you use 2-3 google applications or services every day and you enjoy them.
Posted June 28, 2011
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Navagon: It could be interesting to see a social networking behemoth owned by company that is decidedly less evil. But it's Google, so I doubt that your information will be any safer even if it's not being sold on by the very cunts you're entrusting it to.
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Darling_Jimmy: I've always had this sinking feeling Google already knows everything about me.


Also, an oldie but a goodie.
It's certainly better than their previous idea of putting all security conscious/paranoid people on that game show, "The Moving Swiftly Man".
Posted June 28, 2011
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wpegg: I hate Google. I really hate them. Partly because they are so good at development, partly because of their resources, but mainly because they can do such creepy stuff, yet people think that they're their best friends. You can trust google, their mantra is "Don't be evil".

Sorry everyone. It's just a thread about Google requires me to say evil at least twice and to restate my hatred of them.
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keeveek: Yeah, it's so evil to provide so many services for free...

I bet you use 2-3 google applications or services every day and you enjoy them.
I'll take that bet. Name some I use.

Free hint, I use Bing Maps, Bing search, Yahoo mail, Amazon for shopping.
Posted June 28, 2011
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keeveek: Yeah, it's so evil to provide so many services for free...

I bet you use 2-3 google applications or services every day and you enjoy them.
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wpegg: I'll take that bet. Name some I use.

Free hint, I use Bing Maps, Bing search, Yahoo mail, Amazon for shopping.
Youtube.

ps. and it's your choice to use WORSE tools only because you don't like google.
Post edited June 28, 2011 by keeveek
Posted June 28, 2011
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wpegg: I'll take that bet. Name some I use.

Free hint, I use Bing Maps, Bing search, Yahoo mail, Amazon for shopping.
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keeveek: Youtube.
Hit - 1 point.
Posted June 28, 2011
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keeveek: Youtube.
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wpegg: Hit - 1 point.
Google docs? Google books? Google Translate? :P
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Posted June 28, 2011
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wpegg: Hit - 1 point.
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keeveek: Google docs? Google books? Google Translate? :P
Miss, Miss, and Miss.

Definitely not Google books. That's one of their most evil adventures. They attempted to acquire the copyright to all orphaned works.
Posted June 28, 2011
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keeveek: Google docs? Google books? Google Translate? :P
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wpegg: Miss, Miss, and Miss.

Definitely not Google books. That's one of their most evil adventures. They attempted to acquire the copyright to all orphaned works.
I agree. But people love google books, because thay want easy access to books that are hardly accessible in libraries. Two sides of a medal.
Posted June 28, 2011
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keeveek: ps. and it's your choice to use WORSE tools only because you don't like google.
I'm not anti-Google (I do eye them a little suspiciously sometimes, though), and prefer the search results of Google to that of Bing, but let's be fair... We all used inferior performing search engines/tools before either of these tools were around, and got by fine. It's really not that big a deal if wpegg chooses to exercise freedom of choice and use another service(s).
Posted June 28, 2011
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keeveek: ps. and it's your choice to use WORSE tools only because you don't like google.
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EndlessKnight: I'm not anti-Google (I do eye them a little suspiciously sometimes, though), and prefer the search results of Google to that of Bing, but let's be fair... We all used inferior performing search engines/tools before either of these tools were around, and got by fine. It's really not that big a deal if wpegg chooses to exercise freedom of choice and use another service(s).
Of course it's not. For me, using worse search engines, worse, less detailed maps just because you don't like the company is strange. And nothing else.
Post edited June 28, 2011 by keeveek
Posted June 28, 2011
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EndlessKnight: ...and prefer the search results of Google to that of Bing...
Bing prefers the search results of Google to that of Bing
Posted June 28, 2011
I use OpenStreetMap because I like to see only 10% of the streets.
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