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The Social/Anti-Social Network

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Online social networking continues to change and evolve. The latest news is all about Google + (you can read some of my initial thoughts about the platform right here: Co-dependency In The Age of Facebook ). Google + lets you be selectively social. It's a different kind of "social."

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Apple is Creating a “Social Network” the Right Way

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Today Apple launched, quite simply , a “Social Network for Music&#. What’s so powerful is that they’re not really trying to create a social network at all. Apple realizes the Social Graph is just a complement to something bigger. Google’s strength was search.

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Is Google+ About To Make Facebook Frown?

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It's time to pay attention to Google+. Back in July, I Blogged about Google 's foray into online social networking, Google+ (more here: Co-dependency In The Age of Facebook ). At the time, the majority of the discourse surrounding Google+ was about whether or not it would be able to compete in a Facebook world.

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Google+ Just Beat Facebook to the Future

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It's that which has had Google scared and hinging employee bonuses on the success of their social program this year. However, it seems in one fell swoop Google just beat Facebook to their own game. Google+ is that good, and it immediately puts them ahead of Facebook. Google has a few things Facebook does not yet have.

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The Power of Google+: Privacy "Circles" the Entire Experience

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Facebook has always had one strength that no other social network (other than perhaps FriendFeed ) has seemed to fully get: The fact that you could add friends to lists, and target your updates so only those lists, and specific people you chose, can see the updates you post. With Google+ it's different though. It's that simple.

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Co-dependency In The Age of Facebook

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What we've learned in the online social networking world of Facebook and Twitter is that there is more co-dependency between the two platforms than walled gardens that users are not allowed to cross. Our friends are there, and not being there leaves us - somewhat - out of social loop. So, how does Google + stack up?

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To Thine Own Self Be True

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This brand's Facebook page isn't doing much to leverage the power of the social graph or use Facebook's functionality to extend the brand narrative in a unique way. It doesn't matter if it's Pinterest, Facebook, YouTube , Google + or whatever. google plus. online social network. social graph.

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