Two great informal experiments on Facebook's Like.

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Two great informal experiments on Facebook's Like.

https://medium.com/@schmutzie/i-quit-liking-things-on-facebook-for-two-weeks-heres-how-it-changed-my-view-of-humanity-29b5102abace

http://www.wired.com/2014/08/i-liked-everything-i-saw-on-facebook-for-two-days-heres-what-it-did-to-me/

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Steve Johnson said…
I stopped using FB for personal use about a month now. I still use the FB pages for my business. It hasn't had any negative impact on my business. If anything, I find G+ users more responsive, and tend to post more intelligent content.
August 19, 2014 at 6:49 PM
Amelie Harms said…
Plussing on G+ doesn't seem to have the negative effects it does on FB, but commenting on G+ would give the positive aspects, I'm sure. Maybe I should try to comment more. :-)
August 20, 2014 at 9:18 AM
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