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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | From left to right the share buttons are: {{w|Facebook}}, {{w|Twitter}}, {{w|Reddit}}, and {{w|Google Plus}}. | |
− | + | This comic is a commentary on what sort of articles work best on different social networks. 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 that are against the Christian Right and for Wikipedia play well on Reddit as those type of articles get the most votes up and the most comments; as there is a loud and large atheist, anti-theistic community. | |
− | + | 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. Could it be that the few people at Google+ are feeling quite lonely? | |
− | + | ===Title text=== | |
− | + | * A joke (Twitter) | |
− | * | + | * About {{w|Mark Zuckerberg}} (Facebook founder) |
− | * | + | * Using a pseudonym (Google+, there was a [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218649/Google_works_to_soothe_users_over_real_name_controversyremember real name controversy].) |
− | * | + | * To sneek past the TSA (Reddit, conspiracy theory) |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[A series of article titles with four share buttons underneath each: Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and Google+] | :[A series of article titles with four share buttons underneath each: Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and Google+] | ||
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:Breaking Into Stand-up Comedy | :Breaking Into Stand-up Comedy | ||
:FB: 3, Twitter: 1,781, Reddit: 2, G+: 0 | :FB: 3, Twitter: 1,781, Reddit: 2, G+: 0 | ||
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:DIY: Installing a Custom ROM on a Realdoll | :DIY: Installing a Custom ROM on a Realdoll | ||
:FB: 0, Twitter: 0, Reddit: 0, G+: 2 | :FB: 0, Twitter: 0, Reddit: 0, G+: 2 | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
[[Category:Social networking]] | [[Category:Social networking]] | ||
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