Will (and should) Google Plus be The new Social Network?
With the advent of Google Plus a few weeks ago, I've found it interesting to compare the differences of the major 'social networks' out there in today's internet. There's been a lot of discussion out there on Facebook versus Google, but I don't think it's fair to compare only these two applications. After all, Twitter is a major player who's simplicity and wide range of possibilities that, in some regards, is something that Google Plus is also targeting.
To start out I'd like to share what my idea how today's internet is changing. For the longest time publishing content on the web and sharing it with the world was a fairly difficult process. Even with the advent of Yahoo! GeoCities, MySpace, and blogging networks, it was difficult to show your friends, families, or 'followers' (people who are interested in your content but may not be an acquaintance) without sending links with every update. There are a few things that helped with that (search engines to find, rss/notifications to update), but it was still a clunky process. Then there was ...
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