Anyone working at Facebook: what happening at Facebook on Google+?

Post by shmulkey18 » Fri, Jul 01, 2011, 5:06 AM UTC

theblueadept111 wrote: post #6

My opinions are my own and I can't speak for Facebook as a whole (or in any capacity, really, which is why this will forever remain an anonymous post). I think Google will gain some traction initially, but what we're working on in my group is light years ahead of the Facebook you see and use today, and probably not the same direction that Google is (or can be) heading. Yes, we've had our stumbles with privacy, but wi…

Post by ern » Fri, Jul 01, 2011, 6:12 AM UTC

shmulkey18 wrote: post #82

reso wrote: post #34

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Have you ever heard Zuck speak? He doesn't talk like that.

"Have you ever heard Zuck speak? He doesn't talk like that." Dunno about talking, but he sure does IM like that: http://boingboing.net/2010/09/14/damning-zuckerberg-i.html ZUCK: yea so if you ever need info about anyone at harvard ZUCK: just ask ZUCK: i have over 4000 emails, pictures, addresses, sns FRIEND: what!? how'd you manage that one? ZUCK: people just submitted it ZUCK: i don't know why ZUCK: they "trust me"…

Post by mblarsen » Fri, Jul 01, 2011, 10:17 AM UTC

city41 wrote: post #63

endtime wrote: post #58

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I think Facebook has had groups for a while - they just aren't exposed that well in the UI. (I don't think I've ever tried to use them, though, so maybe they're different from Circles in some way.)

Yeah but the key difference is G+ is pushing Circles upfront and hard from the get go. They are also implemented far better than anything Facebook has done along these lines. To truly get the benefit of Circles, not only do I need to be able to take advantage them but all my friends need to be using them too. If everyone is on board and using Circles effectively, the amount of noise overall goes down, and signal can…

Post by bad_user » Fri, Jul 01, 2011, 10:19 AM UTC

yalogin wrote: post #72

stanmancan wrote: post #25

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at the end of the day, all your profile are belong to us. That one line was enough to convince me to delete my Facebook account again, once and for all. Thank you.

Why did you expect anything else from either company? By profile they really mean data. Every company out there offering free services is after your data and it definitely belongs to them since they have the context for it. Your name and number and interests by themselves don't mean anything but put a context around it and that is what belongs to them.

     Why did you expect anything else from either company?

     Every company out there offering free services is
     after your data

     it definitely belongs to them since they have the 
     context for it

Post by shmulkey18 » Fri, Jul 01, 2011, 1:28 PM UTC

ern wrote: post #83

shmulkey18 wrote: post #82

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"Have you ever heard Zuck speak? He doesn't talk like that." Dunno about talking, but he sure does IM like that: http://boingboing.net/2010/09/14/damning-zuckerberg-i.html ZUCK: yea so if you ever need info about anyone at harvard ZUCK: just ask ZUCK: i have over 4000 emails, pictures, addresses, sns FRIEND: what!? how'd you manage that one? ZUCK: people just submitted it ZUCK: i don't know why ZUCK: they "trust me"…

That was how he IMed in 2004 when he was 20. People change.