Google and online privacy

Everyone should try googling their own name. Probably you get some results that you don't like: your name on some random Facebook page which is publicized online, or something else you wouldn't want others to see, or at least is redundant. I was not exactly delighted when a Google search on my name found some useless newsgroup post I had made some 10 years ago.

On the other hand, I don't like the ambiguity and the often-changing nature of Facebook privacy settings and actually prefer Google+. Although there are much fewer people, the circle function,which allows you to specify exactly who do you want each post to be visible, is great compared to other SNS sites.