8 Reason Facebook is Better than Google+
In the end, all social media sites are just big fat BBSs. Yet, you still see snarking from one about the other. Actually, I haven't seen much of that on either Facebook or Twitter recently. Where do I see it? On Google+, which is still suffering from an obvious inferiority complex. Yes, you can easily find insufferable lists of reasons why Google+ is better than Facebook.
So here's my own insufferable list as to why Facebook is still better than Google+:
- Facebook users don't try to justify that their chosen social media site is better with lists of reasons. Except for this one.
- Facebook users don't try to justify their chosen computer platform, either. I truly shake my head that folks on Google+ still argue about this, saying things like
Apple computers are for trendy hipsters.
- Facebook users don't make pompous claims like
I think the general IQ level is higher here.
- Facebook has less Libertarian trolling going on. It's not that Facebook doesn't have Libertarians. But they don't seem as intent on shouting in every thread even tangentially related to politics.
- Facebook has an API. (No, having read-only access to public posts does not count as an API. I have no idea why geeks seem to have no problem with this.)
- The Facebook Android app supports share functionality.
- The Facebook Android app lets you zoom into pictures. (When it manages to load them. Which isn't often. Look, I didn't say the app was great.)
- Facebook doesn't claim perpetual rights to things you upload. (Note that they've removed the term
perpetual
recently, although if you read the paragraph, you'll see that things haven't really changed. Facebook tried for the perpetual license, but its users complained and they changed the policy. Although now I can't find the exact wording.)
There! That was fun!
Note that missing from this list is the misconception that Google+ is a wasteland with no users. It requires a different sort of effort to get involved in Google+. But it's far from empty.
In truth, I don't think either is actually superior. Again, they're just BBSs.
Anne blathered on about something on Monday May 21 2012 @ 5:22am
This is interesting, thanks. I've had various hipster geeks give me advice about where to put the comiques, etc. One said google +. His brother told me tumblr. I took a long look at Squidoo -- seemed kinda cool. Got a bunch of Pinterest invites, finally caved. Soooo...the beat goes on.
