Here
is a collaborative comparison table about the new innovative
social network: Google+and the 2 most famous ones: Facebook and Twitter.
Do
not hesitate to add comparison criteria and update it when new features are
released by these social networks.
Facebook
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Twitter
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Google+
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Like
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0
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0
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3
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Chat
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Games
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Yes
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No
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No
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Events Management
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Yes
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No
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No
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Support third party apps
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Business profiles
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Yes
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No
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No to be released soon
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Verified accounts
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No
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Yes
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No
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Activity Stream
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Friends updates
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Get updates after a friend accepts your friend request. Then you receive
he updates he wants to share with you.
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Get directly updates from friends you follow.
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Get directly updates from friends you add into your circles.
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Groups or Lists
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Facebook List enables you to make list of friends by topic, and choose
which list see your updates when you post a content. The interface to make
list is quite traditional, less innovative than the drag and drop of Google
Circles. You can exclude some friends or groups from getting your updates.
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Twitter Lists enables you to group people by topic, and see updates from
all of them in one dedicated actviity stream. You can not tweet to a specific
list.
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Google Circles enables you to make groups of friends, to categorize them
easily with a drag and drop interface. When you post a content, you can
choose the circles that will see your updates.
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Exclude friends or groups from your updates
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Yes
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No
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No
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Posts in web search results
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Posts likes
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Yes
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Yes Favorite
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Yes
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Comments likes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Comment threads
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Questions and Polls
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Yes
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No
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No
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Adding location to your posts
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Yes with Facebook mobile
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No
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Yes
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Video calling
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Video Group calling
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No
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No
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Yes up to 10 friends
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Private group chats
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No
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No
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Yes
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Public group chats
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No
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No
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Yes
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Requires an accept by the initiator
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Yes
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No
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No
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Watch youtube video
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Supported OS & Broswers
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Windows, Mac
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Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
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Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Ubuntu, Debian based linux distributions
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Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari, Opera
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Other
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Website
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facebook.com
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Twitter.com
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google.com
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Last update
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2013 Feb 13 01:01:41
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2012 Nov 10 00:10:16
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2013 Feb 13 18:15:39
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Facebook
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Twitter
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