Facebook shutdown
Saturday, December 10th, 2011I have left Facebook for good. I have always had a beef with the way that the settings and especially stuff that has to do with privacy was located. In fact, the button to leave facebook is so hidden on purpose that it is very difficult to leave.
And after the recent rollouts of new stuff I took a long look at it. What am I using it for? What is it my friends are posting on here? After trying to answer those two questions in my mind the choice was not difficult. Especially since I had started using Google+ instead which is (for me at least) everything facebook is not.
So, all old and new friends, you are very much welcome over to my Google+ profile instead, hope to see you there.
Google+ is a different concept to Facebook. It does not have “friends” instead you put people into different circles and people can reside in more than one circle. You can have circles for family, friends and aquantancies or categorize depending on country, profession, interests, language spoken and so on.
I have a little bit of all actually, I have a “Swedish” and an “English” circle so to nu unnecessary subject my English speaking friends to my posts in Swedish. I also have circles with shared interest such as photography, unix, android and so on.
When you put a person in a circle you follow them. They don’t need to “friend” you or anything. But they can still control what they share with you. Unless you are also in one of their circles only posts directed to be “public” will be shared with you. This is the power and balance of Google+ that helps you keep your professional posts and contacts separate from your friends and interests in the free time.

