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Google+ Officially Open To Teens
hypnosec writes "Google+ made a landmark move and opened itself to users who are over the age of 13. Google+ did not initially target the younger crowd and kept itself available only for users above the age of 18. While opening up to youngsters over the age of 13 the social network also added improved safety features to keep the younger crowd protected. Now it features more rigid default settings for privacy, but they can be overridden nonetheless. The vice president of product management at Google+, Bradley Horowitz, in a Google+ post stated, 'With Google+, we want to help teens build meaningful connections online. We also want to provide features that foster safety alongside self-expression. Today we're doing both, for everyone who's old enough for a Google Account.'"
Tell a thirteen year old they can't sign up for something they want and you'll see how many of them were born in 1990.
Shouldn't they have waited 8 months?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
There goes the neighbourhood!
So they've figured out that grown-ups don't drive the popularity of social networking sites?
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They only know to put 1990 because they read it on an intertweet. Most of them couldn't do the necessary calculation.
Even with a calculator.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
The only appeal of G+ was not having all the bs teenage drama there, and people seemed a little bit less mentally challenged.
Good night sweet prince.
That's really cool, because I'm also a 13 year old teen (male) and am looking for cool online friendships with nice chicks. My hobbies are: /., programming microcontrollers with Ada, helicopter simulations, and long-term role-playing games (BDSM/TPE) over Google Video chat.
the first thing, parents tell their children: do not give anyone your full name on the internet.
I was always kind of surprised that they hadn't done this already. The only way for a general-purpose social network like G+ to compete with facebook is to win the younger generation of social networkers. They can't expect everyone to leave facebook and their 1000+ friends just for a cleaner interface and about 50 friends.
That headline made me think of an Onion piece: TIME Announces New Version Of Magazine Aimed At Adults. Would help if I knew what Google+ is. OK, it's their answer to Facebook, got it. Wow. Why did they give it a name that sounds like a multivitamin?
I would think being able to use a nickname would add a level of privacy.
how does google know if someone really has aged 13 years?
Go ahead, try it, everybody else is doing it. It's so cool.
You won't be hooked, I promise.
Signed up? Good.
We've got you now. MWAHAHAHAHAHA
Allowing teens who would otherwise use fake birthdates to use the social network are now going to give google their real ages, making their information more valuable. Falls in line with the reasoning behind Googles real name policy.
Hey so I have kids below that age and I guess it's totally fine for me to let them use G+ its not that much of a worry for me. Not saying I have great parenting though but I guess it's fine at the end of the day. Loves, joelle http://sgbrandedbags.com/
They told everyone under 18 to go away, they're not going to return. Google+ had the worst launch of any product I've ever seen.
Opening G+ up to young people will change nothing, they'll just stop lying on the birthday form.
And then we can ban them for lying originally. It's brilliant.
Now what? Will Google acquire Myspace and pick up the kids still on there?
(Does Myspace still actually have members, or is it just a promotional site for entertainment now?)
With everyone and their grandparents on Facebook, the kids are going to want to go somewhere where their parents don't have an account. Of course, on Google+, when the parents eventually get a Google+ account, the kids could always put their parents in a separate circle and only share what they want with them.
Cool is born on university campuses.
Kids and teens are doomed to follow, despite what they like to think, because they simply don't have the sorts of connections or influence to be anything else.
10MPG for an H1? If that's all you're getting, you're doing something wrong. (Probably not running the turbo Detroit, I imagine, and driving poorly.)
Look folks. I'm tired of the "big gas guzzling beasts" argument being made, particularly where people are supposed to be educated.
The H1 was primarily offered in 6.5 and 6.2 liter Detroit diesel packages, both with and without a turbo. It weighs around 6500lb-7000lb and came with a 3 or 4 speed transmission. The vehicle has 4 wheel drive. These specifications are almost identical (both in actual parts used and how they're paired up) to every single diesel truck Chevy/GM made for 20 years (albeit about 1000-1500lb heavier).
A full-size 1 ton early 80s 6.2 aspirated Detroit with a 3 speed transmission and a curb weight of 5200lb. gets about 15-18mpg highway and about 13-14mpg city. The vehicle has the 'tow package' and a low geared real differential very similar to the H1. These are my numbers and have been roughly consistent at different altitudes (sea level to 5,000 feet). I drive like a maniac (accelerate quickly). I got slightly worse mileage with about 1100-1300lb in the rear end going over the Sierra Nevadas last summer - about 13.5mpg. I was driving well above the 'optimal' band for fuel economy at the time.
A M1009 Blazer (also 4wd), which I also know the numbers on, with the exact same drive train and weighing 1200lb more, gets 16-18mpg highway and around 12 city (more inclines where this one drives, as well as slightly higher gearing).
In contrast for gas engines: a 4wd 1 ton mid-90s Suburban will get right around 13/16 mpg with the 'normal' 350/5.7 small block and a 4 speed transmission.
There are very, very few "gas guzzlers" out there which are anywhere near that 10mpg mark.
I realize there's a lot of appeal to Prius type vehicles here, but let me ask you, Slashdotters... let's be a little more intelligent about our stereotypes and digs. Keep this up and it won't be long until we start seeing stupidity like "brown people don't work hard".
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Anybody who uploads their real personal information to Google+ or Facebook is an idiot.
Your 12 mpg rating does seem awfully close to 10 mpg. To your argument, i would say, "Go boil a frog." (Yes, I know that's been mythbusted as well.)
I feel fantastic, and I'm still alive.
There is quite a difference in practicality between 12 and 10mpg - it's 20% better fuel economy.
In contrast, a 30mpg mini-sedan isn't even 100% better fuel economy than my van.
Boiling frogs has nothing to do with it. That'd be like arguing a negligible difference.
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"AND YOU CAN'T USE THIS!!! ONLY FOR DECENT HONEST ADULTS!!".
first let nobody in and then start allowing everyone.
they're not doing the cartman marketing trick quite right though.. maybe that's because they're not running an amusement park.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
let's be a little more intelligent about our stereotypes and digs. Keep this up and it won't be long until we start seeing stupidity like "brown people don't work hard".
... and I'm still coming up blank, my apologies for vomiting in your direction; I'll try to be more careful in the future.
I do agree about the 20% improvement.
I feel fantastic, and I'm still alive.