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MY PORTFOLIO Article Review :

In the article “Blog of The Nation, Google Plus : Do You Need Another Social Network" written by Scott Cameron, he talks about a new social networking, that is Google Plus. In the article, he discussed about the benefits and defects of Google Plus, also included in the article is the suggestions of other people towards Google Plus.

Firstly, among the benefits of Google Plus is it has better privacy controls than other social networks and contain less irrelevant things. In addition, it also has lack of FarmVille game updates and it’s main page is tidy and easy to navigate. Secondly, the disadvantages of Google Plus is it’s initial setup is confusing and people still do not abandon Facebook even they have used Google Plus. Some people suggested that Google Plus should not include FarmVille game in their site. They also have to think about the privacy issues and hire the best executers. It also cannot treat all posts equally.

The writer intended to introduce Google Plus and promote it to those who might never hear that social network. For me, the text is nicely organized because the writer go step by step, from the benefits to the defects and also the suggestions to improve Google Plus. The strength of the article is that it provides many information about Google Plus. However, the weakness of the article is it was presented using mostly dialogue that make it hard to be understood. I think it is better to write article using points rather than dialogue as it will be much clearer and easier to be understood.

As for me, this is a boring article to read and it is hard to be understood. I am not interested with the article because I do not use Google Plus and I do not know how it is actually functioning.