16 julio 2011

Test post for the mailing list

Google is providing great services for people interested in controlling how their content is published to an online audience. Basically, you can now be your very own social network. By being able to visualize your contacts and how they are related to you, you can take control over the content you publish. This means that Grandma doesn't have to see you holding a red cup in every picture, but she can see the pictures of your funny cats.

Either way, it's interesting to note what is being served out there. Makes me realize that Facebook has serious problems. One is that there is no internal privacy control that's easy to use; anyone can see anything. Two is that the numbers have grown too large for individual users; it takes skill and effort to manage 500 individual "friends", but it's much easier to manage 5 large groups. Three, Facebook is too big. Google+ gives the impression that it's small. At most it seems that there are about 10 people on at any one time on the Stream. Finally, Facebook became a corporation. Think about it. It sold out, literally, on everyone. 

Anyway, consider me sold on Google+. At some point, they'll have to leave it alone, though and let the users figure it out.