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[y0himba]

I have almost stopped using Facebook and Twitter. I was a first adopter, of Google+ and absolutely enjoy it.

[KDmospd]

Originally Posted by gTen

gmail actually reads your emails to target ads....its not human read..but still...

As for yahoo..they are the biggest mail client..whats wrong that?

I like the new yahoo layout but I just wouldn't use it for my mail. I've seen so many accounts hacked on yahoo and hotmail. And I’ve received the most hijacked mail from yahoo and hotmail. Of course anything can be hacked but gmail has been pretty good so far.

Yes they may scan the emails to target ads (pain in the butt, I agree). Same as Facebook, and I'm sure every other email client. I won’t put my SS# in an email. I never put anything too personal in emails anyway. I say if google start sharing my pictures or other personal information through the search engines then that's when I’ll stop using it and will not place any more personal info on there, pics etc… That's exactly what I did with Facebook, I know they have a database that retains info but I deleted my pictures and won’t use their system again. I just don't like for every other joe nobody on the net to see my pictures/ conversations.

The biggest thing I hate about Facebook the most is that you can’t hide you profile picture. After that it would probably be that if someone sends you an invite they can see your posts even when you haven’t accepted them yet. Now that I think about it I think G+ may have the same Profile picture sharing issue… I must check that out… Bottom line, privacy should be default, public sharing, optional… for any online content.

Sorry for the rant…

[gTen]

Originally Posted by KDmospd

I like the new yahoo layout but I just wouldn't use it for my mail. I've seen so many accounts hacked on yahoo and hotmail. And I’ve received the most hijacked mail from yahoo and hotmail. Of course anything can be hacked but gmail has been pretty good so far.

Yes they may scan the emails to target ads (pain in the butt, I agree). Same as Facebook, and I'm sure every other email client. I won’t put my SS# in an email. I never put anything too personal in emails anyway. I say if google start sharing my pictures or other personal information through the search engines then that's when I’ll stop using it and will not place any more personal info on there, pics etc… That's exactly what I did with Facebook, I know they have a database that retains info but I deleted my pictures and won’t use their system again. I just don't like for every other joe nobody on the net to see my pictures/ conversations.

The biggest thing I hate about Facebook the most is that you can’t hide you profile picture. After that it would probably be that if someone sends you an invite they can see your posts even when you haven’t accepted them yet. Now that I think about it I think G+ may have the same Profile picture sharing issue… I must check that out… Bottom line, privacy should be default, public sharing, optional… for any online content.

Sorry for the rant…

Personally I have been using Yahoo for emails for over 10 years..never got hacked once :/..I am not saying that Gmail is bad..I just never had a problem with Yahoo..and I get emails with passwords for business related stuff sometimes in my personal email..and don't really feel comfortable with that being parsed for any reason...

[CozBoogie]

While I enjoy G+, I'm just waiting for Google to ruin it by trying to integrate to many options and feature into....by trying to integrate it into my searches, etc. While I think taking an integrated approach can work and even produce positive results, I worry that Google will just take it too far.

late,
Coz

[three west]

Originally Posted by CozBoogie

While I enjoy G+, I'm just waiting for Google to ruin it by trying to integrate to many options and feature into....by trying to integrate it into my searches, etc. While I think taking an integrated approach can work and even produce positive results, I worry that Google will just take it too far.

late,
Coz

yeah, I see they're forcing integration with picasa web to even sign up

[CozBoogie]

Yeah, I kinda get the feeling that Google may be following in the footsteps of Apple....encouraging and requiring that you must use multiple Google products to get the full benefits of just one.

late,
Coz

[KDmospd]

Originally Posted by CozBoogie

Yeah, I kinda get the feeling that Google may be following in the footsteps of Apple....encouraging and requiring that you must use multiple Google products to get the full benefits of just one.

late,
Coz

True... like how they did youtube

[rajraju131]

Love the idea of circles but Don't like my work stuff with my social stuff and want to have my tech stuff separate from that.