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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google's "Google+ History" cross-site sharing
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Sat Jun 30 14:55:46 2012
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:39:01 -0700
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Google's "Google+ History" cross-site sharing avoids Facebooks's pitfalls
"Google announces social sharing done right"
http://j.mp/LWOQmq (Computerworld)
"Google quietly unveiled something this week called Google+ History.
It's a feature that brings your activity from all over the Internet
into Google+. Don't go looking for Google+ History. Right now, it's
available only to developers so they can support it with their
software. Google will make it available to users later. In a
nutshell, Google+ History will make it possible for third-party apps,
sites and services to share information about your online activities
with Google+. For example, if you post on Twitter, a copy of your
tweet will show up in your Google+ profile. Sounds like Facebook's
"frictionless sharing," right? Well, not so fast. Google+ History has
one thing "frictionless sharing" doesn't have: Friction!"
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While I'm unlikely to authorize many sites to use this
functionality -- I generally prefer to create my own G+ postings from
scratch and do not feel a need personally for a great deal of broader
sharing from other sites -- the Google+ History approach seems very sound,
especially in comparison to the Facebook nightmare. The way Google
has implemented Google+ History demonstrates that Google understands a
basic concept that Facebook has entirely missed -- or more likely has
chosen to ignore. I put it this way: "Sharing everything is
essentially the same as sharing nothing." Think about it.
--Lauren--
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