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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
This comic is a commentary on what sort of articles work best on different {{w|social networking services}}. From left to right the share buttons are: {{w|Facebook}}, {{w|Twitter}}, {{w|Reddit}}, and {{w|Google plus|Google+}}.
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This comic is a commentary on what sort of articles work best on different {{w|social networking services}}. From left to right the share buttons are: {{w|Facebook}}, {{w|Twitter}}, {{w|Reddit}}, and {{w|Google Plus}}.
  
*Twitterers are often stereotyped as constantly trying to be funny; hence, the article on stand-up comedy is shared most on Twitter.
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* The comedy article is shared most on Twitter because everyone on Twitter considers themselves some sort of 140-character comedian.  (140 characters is the limit of a single tweet.)
  
*{{w|Conspiracy theory}} articles play well on Reddit, especially if they are against the {{w|Christian Right}} and for {{w|Wikipedia}}, as there is a large and loud atheist community on Reddit.
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* Conspiracy theory articles play well on Reddit, especially if they are against the {{w|Christian Right}} and for {{w|Wikipedia}}; as there is a loud and large atheist community there.
  
*"Boycott Facebook" articles are ironically popular on Facebook. Google+, being semantically akin to Facebook, also had a significant anti-Facebook community. One of the punchlines is that Google+ was struggling and not used much, before being finally closed down in 2019.
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* Boycott Facebook articles (or other Facebook "is changing their terms of services to...") are very popular on Facebook, which is always obviously ironic. Also, this is the highest number of shares on Google plus, Google's fledgling social network. One of the punchlines, of course, is that Google Plus is struggling and not popular overall.
  
*The last article gets almost no shares at all — not many want to admit they are reading an article about a {{w|RealDoll}}, a type of sex doll. (Also mentioned in [[Game AIs]] and [[Flying Cars]].) A custom ROM is an aftermarket distribution of the {{w|Android (operating system)|Android}} operating system and are often targeted toward enthusiasts. This community exists primarily on Google+ (as Google is the main developer of Android), and was one of the few active communities on that social network. As Android is an operating system primarily aimed at {{w|smartphones}} and {{w|tablet computers}}, installing it on a RealDoll, whilst possible due to Android's {{w|open source}} nature, would be a very niche activity, and the low number of shares indicates that it only interests a small portion of the already-small (relative to other social networks) Google+ community.
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* And the last article gets very few shares, because few wants to admit they are reading an article about a Realdoll. (Also referenced in in the title texts of [[Game AIs]] and [[Flying Cars]].) It's a sex doll. The only sharers are from Google+. Could it be that [http://scepticemia.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/meanwhile-google-plus-640.jpg the few people at Google+] easily can feel quite loneley there?
  
The title text humorously combines appealing subjects for all four networks:
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===Title text breakdown===
 
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* ''a hilarious joke'' – '''Twitter'''
*''a hilarious joke'' – Twitter, same as above.
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* ''about {{w|Mark Zuckerberg}}'' – '''Facebook'''; he was a founder.
*''about {{w|Mark Zuckerberg}}'' – founder of Facebook.
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* ''using a pseudonym'' – '''Google+'''; there was a [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218649/Google_works_to_soothe_users_over_real_name_controversyremember controversy about using real names].
*''using a {{w|pseudonym}}'' – referencing a [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218649/Google_works_to_soothe_users_over_real_name_controversyremember controversy] about real names on Google+.
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* ''to sneak past the {{w|Transportation Security Administration|TSA}}'' – '''Reddit'''; a conspiracy theory.
*''to sneak past the {{w|Transportation Security Administration|TSA}}'' – Reddit, a conspiracy theory as above.
 
  
 
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[[Category:Comics with color]]
 
[[Category:Comics with color]]
 
[[Category:Social networking]]
 
[[Category:Social networking]]
[[Category:Wikipedia]]
 
[[Category:Google Plus]]
 
[[Category:Robots]]
 
[[Category:Sex]]
 

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