I dislike a “like gate” so much, I’ve conditioned myself to do battle against them. Here’s what I do: Like the page. Go to my profile, remove the announcement that “Darryl Likes [insert like-gate here]“ Do what I need to on the page. Unlike the page. What is a “Like-Gate”? A like-gate is effectively a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘social’
Facebook, Twitter, Google+ And The Future…
July 22nd, 2011
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There’s a few things that have been swirling around inside my cavernous mind since the initial launch of Google+ which all relates to the future of social networks. I’ve already noticed a fracture forming in the camps of Facebook, Twitter and Google+ users. I’ve already seen the behaviour of cross posting to each and even [...]
Social Plugins and the 80/20.
May 23rd, 2010
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I apologize for this off-topic rant, but it’s been sitting on my mind for a little while… The best part of using all these social plugins on a site as small as mine is how pathetic it makes the site look. I try not to pollute everything with ‘like this’, ‘share that’, ‘spam your friends!’ [...]

