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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
Facebook, Google... the devil vs. beelzebub, huh? No, thanks.
Posted June 28, 2011
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cogadh: Bing prefers the search results of Google to that of Bing
That's nothing new. Before Google, other search engines did the same with their competition.

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keeveek: 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.
I don't think it's simply a matter of dislike though. Perhaps he suspects them of potential wrong-doing. Possibly, he wishes to avoid their on-line method of storing documents for security reasons, preferring to be extra cautious. It could be a moral thing to him. I may not entirely agree, but I think he must have reasons for not using them, which seem worth the trade off.
Posted June 28, 2011
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EndlessKnight: I don't think it's simply a matter of dislike though. Perhaps he suspects them of potential wrong-doing. Possibly, he wishes to avoid their on-line method of storing documents for security reasons, preferring to be extra cautious. It could be a moral thing to him. I may not entirely agree, but I think he must have reasons for not using them, which seem worth the trade off.
I do have those reasons. I work in IT, I am keep an eye on Google's behaviour, and the "free" services are not the behaviour of a company that makes billions in profit.

Anyway, consipiracy theories and hatred aside. I find little drawback in using the other services. I mean, it's not like Bing maps leads me into a river, yahoo mail still delivers me my mail, and I still find what I need when searching Bing. It's really not a hard knock life on the anti google front.
Posted June 28, 2011
Facebook almost has all of my personal information.The fuck if I'll let Google have it.
Posted June 28, 2011
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Rohan15: Facebook almost has all of my personal information.The fuck if I'll let Google have it.
I say hold out until Google offers you more money than Facebook is offering us. Wait a second... If I wasn't getting something out of the FB service, I would feel cheated right now.
Posted June 28, 2011
Google already has Orkut. Though it's pretty much a mess.

Actually, It has become a social network for brazillian lower classes. So I can understand why launching a new one.
Posted June 28, 2011
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Rohan15: Facebook almost has all of my personal information.The fuck if I'll let Google have it.
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EndlessKnight: I say hold out until Google offers you more money than Facebook is offering us. Wait a second... If I wasn't getting something out of the FB service, I would feel cheated right now.
...what?
Posted June 28, 2011
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Rohan15: Facebook almost has all of my personal information.The fuck if I'll let Google have it.
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EndlessKnight: I say hold out until Google offers you more money than Facebook is offering us. Wait a second... If I wasn't getting something out of the FB service, I would feel cheated right now.
Why would they pay anyone for using their services? I don't get you.
Posted June 28, 2011
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Rohan15: ...what?
Just joking about how I'm giving FaceBook some of my personal data, and that Google will have to pay me money to sweeten the deal. They can't have my personal data for "free!" It's valuable stuff! You should hold out for cash too! ;-)
Post edited June 28, 2011 by EndlessKnight
Posted June 28, 2011
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EndlessKnight: I say hold out until Google offers you more money than Facebook is offering us. Wait a second... If I wasn't getting something out of the FB service, I would feel cheated right now.
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keeveek: Why would they pay anyone for using their services? I don't get you.
This is what you aren't getting. You are paying google for using their services. The currency is personal information. As these two have joked, you'd need a bit more tangible currency in order for them to pay google their personal information in return.
Posted June 28, 2011
I'm excited! Google is the second-best Internet behemoth (the first best is Valve).
Posted June 28, 2011
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EndlessKnight: Just joking about how I'm giving FaceBook some of my personal data, and that Google will have to pay me money to sweeten the deal. They can't have my personal data for "free!" It's valuable stuff! You should hold out for cash too! ;-)
lol Oh! Well, they only have my name, birth date, email, and current location. Nothing about my money..unlike Google does....
Posted June 28, 2011
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wpegg: This is what you aren't getting. You are paying google for using their services. The currency is personal information. As these two have joked, you'd need a bit more tangible currency in order for them to pay google their personal information in return.
Too many people out there think that the internet works different than the real world and that so-called "free services" there are truly free.
Post edited June 28, 2011 by Vault_Boy
Posted June 28, 2011
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keeveek: Why would they pay anyone for using their services? I don't get you.
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wpegg: This is what you aren't getting. You are paying google for using their services. The currency is personal information. As these two have joked, you'd need a bit more tangible currency in order for them to pay google their personal information in return.
Whatever you do in Internet, you leave traces with your personal info. It's unavoidable, and you have to be paranoic to make this as an argument against google only.

If you don't want to share your personal data in Internet, you have to stop using it at all.

Really think that Microsoft has better privacy policy than google?
Posted June 28, 2011
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wpegg: This is what you aren't getting. You are paying google for using their services. The currency is personal information. As these two have joked, you'd need a bit more tangible currency in order for them to pay google their personal information in return.
Social media does pay. Maybe you just need to rethink your marketing strategies.
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