Facebook's Secret Plan To Undermine Google Backfires

[beema]

...and offered two reasons to explain its motivation: "First, because it believes Google is doing some things in social networking that raise privacy concerns;

Hello, Kettle? This is Pot. You're black.

Seriously Facebook? This is goddamned shameful. Especially considering your own massive privacy problems that seem to pop up every 2 months.

 

[Owlslayer]

Ah, crazy big companies, what are you up to next?
I guess it's really important for them to weaken Google, rather than making their services securer and better... oh well.

 

[ultimateownage]

claims that Google was invading people's privacy

Wait, Facebook did this? As if I needed more reasons to think Facebook is evil and Zuckerburg is an arsehole.

 

[roostuf]

Yay cyborg ninjas!

now see if FB was run by a ninja no-one would know about.

 

[AshleySeger]

internet fax [http://www.metrofax.com/]: Wow, what will facebook do next?

How do you know that this story hasn't been planted by Google to make facebook look bad? Google seems to be more afraid of the competition from facebook than facebook is of the threat from Google. Remember, Google wants to launch heavily into social media and they have publicly stated it as their priority. Google could have planted the story that facebook is planting stories about them. Nothing would surprise me.

 

[boag]

internet fax [http://www.metrofax.com/]: Wow, what will facebook do next?

How do you know that this story hasn't been planted by Google to make facebook look bad? Google seems to be more afraid of the competition from facebook than facebook is of the threat from Google. Remember, Google wants to launch heavily into social media and they have publicly stated it as their priority. Google could have planted the story that facebook is planting stories about them. Nothing would surprise me.

Im sorry, but given the track record historty of both companies im inclined to err on the side of google than on Facebooks behalf.

 

[LaffmanAKAJPLaffo]

This was obviously going to come about sooner or later. Facebook is the social networking king, google is the search engine king. The internet only needs one "king".

When I read "internet only needs" my mind first went to rule 34... and now I'm imagining Google-Facebook slash fan fiction and cringing and laughing at the same time.

Ew.

Well I know what my nightmares will be tonight. Thanks -_-

 

[the Tea Lady]

Hello there, I think it's terrible, I'm the tea lady here at Netvillage.com and I know these little sods wouldn't try anything like this.

I'd put a double dose of castor oil in their scones.

Well, there you have it.

Bye bye,
the tea lady

 

[SelectivelyEvil13]

Let's look at the contenders....

Google: Search for literally ANYTHING YOU WANT!!!

Facebook: "I'm going on va-cay next week, so if you want to rob me, here's my home address, a map, my phone number, and for the hell of it, a bunch of pictures you could probably blackmail me with because I shouldn't mix Ambien and Tequila so often. See ya losers!"


Ughhhhhh.... at least with the first choice, you can choose whether or not you want to search for drama or not.

If I were betting: Google. It has pictures of nudity that are not all drunken mistakes or high schoolers (or both), and I would bet the online community values that more than posting updates, no doubt.