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Re:Google offers engineer $3.5M to not leave for Facebook by rimantas on Friday November 12, 2010 @04:29AM (#1897103) 

  Facebook is not as strong because I don't need to check-in
  with Facebook when I go somewhere.
You know, there are way more people than you in the world.
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Re:Google offers engineer $3.5M to not leave for Facebook by jrockway on Friday November 12, 2010 @06:15AM (#1897307)
And they are not prevented from entering the store if they don't "check-in" on Facebook. It's something extra to do if you feel like it.

Compare this to Google search ... how else are you going to find stuff on the Internet?

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Re:Google offers engineer $3.5M to not leave for Facebook by rimantas on Friday November 12, 2010 @02:26PM (#1898856) 

  Compare this to Google search ... how else are you going to
  find stuff on the Internet?
A lot of interesting stuff on the internet I find in my FB news feed where my friends are posting it or liking it. For shopping it has even more weight: I am more likely to look at what my friends recommend vs. some random stuff out of search.
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Re:Google offers engineer $3.5M to not leave for Facebook by mfukar on Friday November 12, 2010 @10:12AM (#1897869)
Bling!
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