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18Jul/110

Your Facebook vs. My Google+

Google+

So I was thinking about my new Google+ account; why there are some that absolutely love G+ and those that hate it vs. Facebook.

I've come to the conclusion that Facebook is built and inspired by the random, off the cuff, and many times, unscrutinized thoughts that would usually inspire an impulse buy at the grocery checkout. You post not thinking about who sees it and you usually just don't care. The lack of thought process that goes into posting on Facebook usually leads to the all-empowering curse of Internet; flaming and spaming... not to say that there are not good people or posts out there.

Google+ on the other hand is a stark contrast. Your Circles force you to actually think about where these posts are going and therefor give you a moral path to follow on who you're posting to let alone what you are posting.

This is what is going to distinguish who likes and doesn't like Google+. Those that have a reason to post, a purpose or mission behind their content are going to absolutely love G+. Those that are just socialites that live in 'their own world' will continue to love and support Facebook.

To all my friends on Facebook, I still like you. ;) Viva 'la Google+!

8Jun/110

Taking the face out of FaceBook

If you haven't heard, FaceBook is in the midst of enabling their latest "hey-that's-cool-but-invasive" feature. Facial recognition of user photos will start auto tagging you on any pictures you are found to be in. This is initiated by somebody tagging you in a photo. The system then does it's facial recognition techniques and starts having fun spamming your link across the system.

Here is how you disable the new feature:

  1. Go to the "Account" tab
  2. Click on "Privacy settings"
  3. Click "Customise settings"
  4. Scroll to "Things others share"
  5. Click "Edit settings" next to "Suggest photos of me to friends"
  6. Choose "Disable" or "Enable" from the dropdown