So many friends, but too little time
for them? Here comes along the perfect solution – another social
networking site...
AD: Have you been plussed?
BC: What do you mean plussed? Such
questions typically leave me nonplussed.
AD: Well, it depends on whether you
have been circled…
BC: Circled? Plussed?
AD: Don’t tell me you don’t have
any hangouts either…
BC: At my age, I just feel blessed that
my tummy doesn’t hang out, so don’t make fun of me.
AD: So you are missing out on some
serious sparks in your life…
BC: At this rate, you will be
encouraging my wife to visit a marriage counsellor…
AD: No, I was merely encouraging you to
visit Google Plus, the new social networking site in cybertown.
BC: Really?
AD: What do you mean, ‘really’?
Haven’t you been invited to it yet?
BC: Why, is it a life-altering
experience?
AD: C’mon, how can you not be a part
of Google Plus? Do you know that it is growing at the rate of one
million users per day and currently stands at 25 million users, as
per a report released last week?
BC: Is that a big thing?
AD: Apparently Facebook took three
years to get there, while Twitter took six months lesser to reach the
25 million mark…
BC: But how many more social networking
sites do we need?
AD: How many are you a member of?
BC: I have hardly figured out Orkut,
Facebook and Google Buzz - and Google Plus has already arrived. And
I’m continuing to receive invites for several other sites like
Family Tree, Friend Share, Brizy, Quepasa…
AD: Wow, you seem to be a pretty
popular guy…
BC: I don’t know half the guys who
send me invites. Just logging into each site, checking out comments,
accepting invites and requests keeps me busy…
AD: In other words, you have no time
for friends now…
BC: Yes, my head’s spinning in
circles…
AD: That’s an indication that you’ve
been plussed…
BC: Here we go again…
AD: Just kidding... Google Plus works
with concepts like Circles, Sparks and Hangouts. You add friends to
Circles, meet people at Hangouts, flag your interests under Sparks…
BC: So what do I do with all my
friends, comments and images from…
AD: Hold it, I’m not asking you to
move to Google Plus. Stick to whatever suits you...
BC: No, I’m just curious…
AD: Don’t be, because as with
Facebook, the S word is likely to get you into a lot of trouble if
you aren’t careful with it…
BC: Sanity?
AD: No, security… I had no idea that
all my albums and blogs were open to anyone who added me to their
circles… that was scary… I’m slowly getting the hang of the
security settings in Google Plus…
BC: But what about Facebook? Aren’t
you getting withdrawal symptoms?
AD: I’m active on that as well…
Hey, I had a weird dream about Facebook last night.
BC: Let me guess. They had broken down
the ‘walls’ and installed barbed wire instead...
AD: No, worse… Every time I tried to
write on someone’s wall, I got a message that said ‘comments are
closed for this section’.
BC: You must be traumatised…
AD: Right now, I'm torn between
Facebook and Google Plus…
BC: Guess Google Plus has found an
effective solution to that…
AD: What’s that?
BC: Well, if they keep you going around
in circles, when will you have the time to write on walls?
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