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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 | + | 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}}. |
− | * | + | * 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.) |
− | * | + | * 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 (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. |
− | * | + | * 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? |
− | + | ===Title text breakdown=== | |
− | + | * ''a hilarious joke'' – '''Twitter''' | |
− | *''a hilarious joke'' – Twitter | + | * ''about {{w|Mark Zuckerberg}}'' – '''Facebook'''; he was a founder. |
− | *''about {{w|Mark Zuckerberg}}'' – founder | + | * ''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 | + | * ''to sneak past the {{w|Transportation Security Administration|TSA}}'' – '''Reddit'''; a conspiracy theory. |
− | *''to sneak past the {{w|Transportation Security Administration|TSA}}'' – Reddit | ||
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