Social Network Wars: How The Five Major Platforms Stack Up

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NEWS FEED 8+ in CUSTOMIZE/FILTER NEWS FEED 8+ in Filter updates by public vs. Circles Friend Lists Lists connections SHARING BUTTON FOR THIRD-PARTY SITES 8+ in "LIKE" BUTTON 8+ in +1 Like Like Like GROUPS 8+ in Circles Groups Groups REPOST BUTTON 8+ in INTEGRATED PHOTO ALBUMS 8+ in Albums appear as blog posts. EVENTS 8+ in CHAT 8+ in Chat outside of Google+ via Gmail (Google Talk). VIDEO CHAT 8+ in MULTIPLE-PARTICIPANT VIDEO CHAT g+ in LOCATION SHARING g+ in Mashable Infographics Design by @EmilyCaufield Research by Sarah Kessler SOCIAL NETWORK THE Google+ WARS Facebook Tumblr Twitter in LinkedIn HE 5 MAJOR PLATFORMS K UP YES NO SYMMETRICAL RELATIONSHIPS ("FRIENDING") 8+ f t in ASYMMETRICAL RELATIONSHIPS ("FOLLOWING") 8+ f t in STATUS UPDATES 8+ f t in Text posts appear in follower feed. CONTROL WHO SEES STATUS UPDATES 8+ f t in PRIVATE MESSAGES 8+ f t in Send direct emails to a user Direct Privately message people with whom you are connected. Users can ask questions if the author has messages are enabled who has listed |her address. Or, post a enabled them, but the author between Message mutually non-connections can't respond privately. followed using "InMail" (paid upgrade). message to the users. stream and limit share to Or, add a "personal note" when you invite a one person. person to connect. NEWS FEED 8+ f t in CUSTOMIZE/FILTER NEWS FEED 8+ f t in Filter updates by public vs. Circles Friend Lists Lists connections SHARING BUTTON FOR THIRD-PARTY SITES 8+ f t in "LIKE" BUTTON 8+ f t in +1 Like Like Like GROUPS 8+ f t in Circles Groups Groups REPOST BUTTON 8+ f t in INTEGRATED PHOTO ALBUMS 8+ f t in Albums appear as blog posts. EVENTS 8+ f t in CHAT 8+ f t in Chat outside of Google+ via Gmail (Google Talk). VIDEO CHAT 8+ f t in MULTIPLE-PARTICIPANT VIDEO CHAT g+ f t in LOCATION SHARING g+ f t in Mashable Infographics Design by @EmilyCaufield Research by Sarah Kessler SOCIAL NETWORK THE Google+ WARS Facebook Tumblr Twitter in LinkedIn HE 5 MAJOR PLATFORMS K UP YES NO SYMMETRICAL RELATIONSHIPS ("FRIENDING") 8+ f t in ASYMMETRICAL RELATIONSHIPS ("FOLLOWING") 8+ f t in STATUS UPDATES 8+ f t in Text posts appear in follower feed. CONTROL WHO SEES STATUS UPDATES 8+ f t in PRIVATE MESSAGES 8+ f t in Send direct emails to a user Direct Privately message people with whom you are connected. Users can ask questions if the author has messages are enabled who has listed |her address. Or, post a enabled them, but the author between Message mutually non-connections can't respond privately. followed using "InMail" (paid upgrade). message to the users. stream and limit share to Or, add a "personal note" when you invite a one person. person to connect. NEWS FEED 8+ f t in CUSTOMIZE/FILTER NEWS FEED 8+ f t in Filter updates by public vs. Circles Friend Lists Lists connections SHARING BUTTON FOR THIRD-PARTY SITES 8+ f t in "LIKE" BUTTON 8+ f t in +1 Like Like Like GROUPS 8+ f t in Circles Groups Groups REPOST BUTTON 8+ f t in INTEGRATED PHOTO ALBUMS 8+ f t in Albums appear as blog posts. EVENTS 8+ f t in CHAT 8+ f t in Chat outside of Google+ via Gmail (Google Talk). VIDEO CHAT 8+ f t in MULTIPLE-PARTICIPANT VIDEO CHAT g+ f t in LOCATION SHARING g+ f t in Mashable Infographics Design by @EmilyCaufield Research by Sarah Kessler SOCIAL NETWORK THE Google+ WARS Facebook Tumblr Twitter in LinkedIn HE 5 MAJOR PLATFORMS K UP YES NO SYMMETRICAL RELATIONSHIPS ("FRIENDING") 8+ f t in ASYMMETRICAL RELATIONSHIPS ("FOLLOWING") 8+ f t in STATUS UPDATES 8+ f t in Text posts appear in follower feed. CONTROL WHO SEES STATUS UPDATES 8+ f t in PRIVATE MESSAGES 8+ f t in Send direct emails to a user Direct Privately message people with whom you are connected. Users can ask questions if the author has messages are enabled who has listed |her address. Or, post a enabled them, but the author between Message mutually non-connections can't respond privately. followed using "InMail" (paid upgrade). message to the users. stream and limit share to Or, add a "personal note" when you invite a one person. person to connect. NEWS FEED 8+ f t in CUSTOMIZE/FILTER NEWS FEED 8+ f t in Filter updates by public vs. Circles Friend Lists Lists connections SHARING BUTTON FOR THIRD-PARTY SITES 8+ f t in "LIKE" BUTTON 8+ f t in +1 Like Like Like GROUPS 8+ f t in Circles Groups Groups REPOST BUTTON 8+ f t in INTEGRATED PHOTO ALBUMS 8+ f t in Albums appear as blog posts. EVENTS 8+ f t in CHAT 8+ f t in Chat outside of Google+ via Gmail (Google Talk). VIDEO CHAT 8+ f t in MULTIPLE-PARTICIPANT VIDEO CHAT g+ f t in LOCATION SHARING g+ f t in Mashable Infographics Design by @EmilyCaufield Research by Sarah Kessler SOCIAL NETWORK THE Google+ WARS Facebook Tumblr Twitter in LinkedIn HE 5 MAJOR PLATFORMS K UP YES NO SYMMETRICAL RELATIONSHIPS ("FRIENDING") 8+ f t in ASYMMETRICAL RELATIONSHIPS ("FOLLOWING") 8+ f t in STATUS UPDATES 8+ f t in Text posts appear in follower feed. CONTROL WHO SEES STATUS UPDATES 8+ f t in PRIVATE MESSAGES 8+ f t in Send direct emails to a user Direct Privately message people with whom you are connected. Users can ask questions if the author has messages are enabled who has listed |her address. Or, post a enabled them, but the author between Message mutually non-connections can't respond privately. followed using "InMail" (paid upgrade). message to the users. stream and limit share to Or, add a "personal note" when you invite a one person. person to connect. NEWS FEED 8+ f t in CUSTOMIZE/FILTER NEWS FEED 8+ f t in Filter updates by public vs. Circles Friend Lists Lists connections SHARING BUTTON FOR THIRD-PARTY SITES 8+ f t in "LIKE" BUTTON 8+ f t in +1 Like Like Like GROUPS 8+ f t in Circles Groups Groups REPOST BUTTON 8+ f t in INTEGRATED PHOTO ALBUMS 8+ f t in Albums appear as blog posts. EVENTS 8+ f t in CHAT 8+ f t in Chat outside of Google+ via Gmail (Google Talk). VIDEO CHAT 8+ f t in MULTIPLE-PARTICIPANT VIDEO CHAT g+ f t in LOCATION SHARING g+ f t in Mashable Infographics Design by @EmilyCaufield Research by Sarah Kessler SOCIAL NETWORK THE Google+ WARS Facebook Tumblr Twitter in LinkedIn HE 5 MAJOR PLATFORMS K UP YES NO SYMMETRICAL RELATIONSHIPS ("FRIENDING") 8+ f t in ASYMMETRICAL RELATIONSHIPS ("FOLLOWING") 8+ f t in STATUS UPDATES 8+ f t in Text posts appear in follower feed. CONTROL WHO SEES STATUS UPDATES 8+ f t in PRIVATE MESSAGES 8+ f t in Send direct emails to a user Direct Privately message people with whom you are connected. Users can ask questions if the author has messages are enabled who has listed |her address. Or, post a enabled them, but the author between Message mutually non-connections can't respond privately. followed using "InMail" (paid upgrade). message to the users. stream and limit share to Or, add a "personal note" when you invite a one person. person to connect. NEWS FEED 8+ f t in CUSTOMIZE/FILTER NEWS FEED 8+ f t in Filter updates by public vs. Circles Friend Lists Lists connections SHARING BUTTON FOR THIRD-PARTY SITES 8+ f t in "LIKE" BUTTON 8+ f t in +1 Like Like Like GROUPS 8+ f t in Circles Groups Groups REPOST BUTTON 8+ f t in INTEGRATED PHOTO ALBUMS 8+ f t in Albums appear as blog posts. EVENTS 8+ f t in CHAT 8+ f t in Chat outside of Google+ via Gmail (Google Talk). VIDEO CHAT 8+ f t in MULTIPLE-PARTICIPANT VIDEO CHAT g+ f t in LOCATION SHARING g+ f t in Mashable Infographics Design by @EmilyCaufield Research by Sarah Kessler SOCIAL NETWORK THE Google+ WARS Facebook Tumblr Twitter in LinkedIn HE 5 MAJOR PLATFORMS K UP YES NO SYMMETRICAL RELATIONSHIPS ("FRIENDING") 8+ f t in ASYMMETRICAL RELATIONSHIPS ("FOLLOWING") 8+ f t in STATUS UPDATES 8+ f t in Text posts appear in follower feed. CONTROL WHO SEES STATUS UPDATES 8+ f t in PRIVATE MESSAGES 8+ f t in Send direct emails to a user Direct Privately message people with whom you are connected. Users can ask questions if the author has messages are enabled who has listed |her address. Or, post a enabled them, but the author between Message mutually non-connections can't respond privately. followed using "InMail" (paid upgrade). message to the users. stream and limit share to Or, add a "personal note" when you invite a one person. person to connect. NEWS FEED 8+ f t in CUSTOMIZE/FILTER NEWS FEED 8+ f t in Filter updates by public vs. Circles Friend Lists Lists connections SHARING BUTTON FOR THIRD-PARTY SITES 8+ f t in "LIKE" BUTTON 8+ f t in +1 Like Like Like GROUPS 8+ f t in Circles Groups Groups REPOST BUTTON 8+ f t in INTEGRATED PHOTO ALBUMS 8+ f t in Albums appear as blog posts. EVENTS 8+ f t in CHAT 8+ f t in Chat outside of Google+ via Gmail (Google Talk). VIDEO CHAT 8+ f t in MULTIPLE-PARTICIPANT VIDEO CHAT g+ f t in LOCATION SHARING g+ f t in Mashable Infographics Design by @EmilyCaufield Research by Sarah Kessler