Interesting indeed.

Discussed with colleagues earlier- consensus was “sell at the peak”. I guess this means something is threatening their dominance?

Not necessarily – they might want money out to spend on strippers/houses/acquisitions in different companies/industries to spread risk.

Some folk are lucky aren’t they?

Big mistake google made not rolling that straight out and cashing in when interest was hot, I got in fairly soon only to enjoy a world of tumbleweed, it’s just beginning to develop some interesting feeds, but what with twitter and fb still working I think they may have missed out. It’s a much better system, I like the idea of the circles.

As to fb the big if is wether to buy and how soon to cash in..

Yep.

But then FB rolled out Lists and the ability to follow people/feeds without friending them – which is essentially what Google were offering.

It’s not so limited when it has the potential to deliver ads and games to everyone in the world
Edit: I agree with the rest of what you’re saying, though.

Has anyone stated to make an open source social network? I know they probably sell your data to other people but how many people actually even look at the adverts on FB? Maybe Ad buster blocks them but never remember them anyway.

Yep checked on Chrome “Adverts”, Firefox none. Is google + really complicated or am I just stupid. Anybody got a quick guide how to use it? I like FB though. Trying to promote myself as an artist so I did a page of my cartoons/drawing. The black and white world of George Davy

That looks good. Like how you can cross post.

Actually its not about how hard you work. That is an illusion. Lots of people work really hard but get paid very rubbish money. I would say opportunity, good examples, connections, and luck are a big part of anyone getting rich.

Yes they are a good part of getting rich, but having the drive to do it and actually making it happen takes a certain type of person. I’m clearly not that type of person. I don’t think it’s an illusion though, you do always have to work hard to *make* yourself rich, but that doesn’t mean if you work hard you WILL become rich.