On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 09:30:43AM -0700, Sean Kelly wrote: > On Sep 25, 2012, at 11:11 PM, H. S. Teoh <hst...@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 09:42:26PM -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > >> On 9/25/12 7:24 PM, H. S. Teoh wrote: > >>> Me too. My wife has FB, and that's good enough for me. > >>> > >>> Sad to say, though, I got suckered into signing up for Google+. > >> > >> No Facebook but Google+? That's it. You're out. Use Go. > > [...] > > > > Heh heh... I was half-expecting you'd show up in this thread after all > > the anti-FB sentiment, and sure enough you did. ;-) > > > > Seriously, though, no offense intended, but I find FB's privacy policy > > rather ... lacking for my tastes. That's not to say G+ isn't susceptible > > to Big Brotherisms, of course, Google being what it is, but at least it > > gives you the illusion of control, like controlling who sees which posts > > (which FB imitated after the fact, if you allow me to say so), easier > > management of friends with the circles system, being able to delete your > > account data without caveats and jumping through hoops, etc.. > > Google+ is an opt-out service rather than an opt-in service if you > have a gmail account, so that you have G+ isn't surprising.
I don't have a gmail account, though. I hate webmails with a passion. > Personally, I really like the G+ interface. It does exactly what I > want simply and succinctly, which is shocking from a Google product as > typically, I'd hold up their apps as examples of terrible UI designs. Haha, yeah, I like the G+ interface better than FB, too. > Facebook has the community though, so that's what I actually use > despite not really liking the interface or anything else. True, but I've always liked rooting for the underdog, so I like to promote non-FB to all my contacts. :) T -- Your inconsistency is the only consistent thing about you! -- KD