Imagine how many more they could shutdown if there was an easy/effective way to report them, instead of endless dead-ends trying to locate a simple 'report abuse' link.
Clickbait. I have seen several spams with a subject line similar to 'Did Donald Trump just win the election?' with a payload that contains absolutely zero content associated with the subject.
I have always thought that the popularity of KDE was due primarily to its familiarity, being very similar to the Windows desktop environment, and early on the massive proliferation of Knoppix LiveCDs.
I used KDE early on (1.x), but moved to Gnome because it allowed many more user tweakable options for customizing the desktop.
Over the years, Gnome has become less and less friendly to customization, and with the arrival of Unity, I jumped over to MATE.
FB already existed, but there are many people like myself who -loath- FB and want an alternative. G+ looked like it might be what we were looking for, but then a the stipulations started cropping up making people dump it like a hot rock. First you had to use your real name. Then they force bundled all of the google products to your G+ account, whether you wanted them separate and unique or not. Then there was the periodic addition of some 'feature' that got activated by default, and most recently, forcing changes to the UI, similar to the way youtube does.
IMHO, it really all comes down to user choice (or lack thereof) as to how the social structure was regulated. They need to pick a layout and refine it instead of radically changing it every few months, or better yet, allow user customize-able themes.
After all this, I still prefer G+ over FB, entirely due to the signal to noise ratio. I dont want G+ to be another FB, where everyone and their dog (literally) has an account.
The demise really isnt that slow when you consider how long and heavily entrenched it has been.
As better alternatives continue to arrive, it will continue to dwindle until only a few die-hards are left.
In the end it will only be found on dead unmaintained websites and in archival works.
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Clearly you meant the Gews. The ones who crucified Gesus.
Darkness down that path lay... darkness and much scritchies.
... social media site found to contain subdivided groups of people with similar interests, sharing opinions within their own echo chambers.
The only thing that stopped me from using WinAmp was my move to Linux. I'd still be using XMMS if I could...
So they didnt really 'decide' to tank it. It was just AOL being AOL. Pity AOL didnt buy Facebook back in the day....
No, they removed it because they didnt take the time to test its security, and blamed it on the time spent dealing with a hardware insecurity issue.
Lets blame CPU hardware bugs, which we cannot do anything about, for our inability to secure our own software.
..as long as the 'victim' gets to decide what it is.
...The human tongue cannot taste salt until the PPM is around 5000.
Imagine how many more they could shutdown if there was an easy/effective way to report them, instead of endless dead-ends trying to locate a simple 'report abuse' link.
Let the user pick a personalized name like they would for any child or pet.
The amount of legitimate political email I have received this season is ZERO.
Clickbait. I have seen several spams with a subject line similar to 'Did Donald Trump just win the election?' with a payload that contains absolutely zero content associated with the subject.
I used KDE early on (1.x), but moved to Gnome because it allowed many more user tweakable options for customizing the desktop.
Over the years, Gnome has become less and less friendly to customization, and with the arrival of Unity, I jumped over to MATE.
Totally agree. The closer I can get any version of Windows to look, feel, and act like NT the better.
I have watched my sister consistently spend more time trying to find 'just the right emoji' for a message than it took to type the message.
Emojis need to go the way of geocities, real media, and flash. The sooner the better.
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
" it should eliminate the need for the assistance from Apple Inc. "
Until Apple fixes this exploit in the next release...
IMHO, it really all comes down to user choice (or lack thereof) as to how the social structure was regulated. They need to pick a layout and refine it instead of radically changing it every few months, or better yet, allow user customize-able themes.
After all this, I still prefer G+ over FB, entirely due to the signal to noise ratio. I dont want G+ to be another FB, where everyone and their dog (literally) has an account.
Since an average is just that, an average, how did January 2016 compare to the highest January in those 30 years?
If the user uses ANY customized desktop theme on Windows, these pop-ups are going to look totally alien to the user.
Finally, a valid use for the Windows Classic theme.
I am happy as long at keeps people from spitting half swallowed soda in my face at meal times and other social gatherings.
As better alternatives continue to arrive, it will continue to dwindle until only a few die-hards are left. In the end it will only be found on dead unmaintained websites and in archival works.
Seen it happen before. It was called RealPlayer.
Was excited about the subject matter, but reading that, made my teeth hurt.
I don't trust the internet, and I use it 12hrs per day... 20 years of internet have made me the jaded cynic that I am today.