Going through the steps to join.

All private Google profiles will be deleted at the end of July

You have to link your Picasa album with Google+.

I am seriously confused about people who I am not friends with on Facebook OR have their addresses are showing up. They are friends of my friend. WTF.

They are just showing up as suggestions. Until you add them to a circle they can't see your posts.

I know, I'm channeling :iSm: with my negativity about this. It's just... I dunno. I think my FB status summed it up best:

But on the other hand is there a bit of dissonance in worrying about assimilation by Google on Facebook?

Other than search, Facebook is just as interested in owning and knowing everything about you.

That's why I've decided to give up MySpace

When Facebook launches a search engine I'll be a bit more concerned.

Have you seen Facebook's integration with Bing? I would suspect a lot of that data flows both ways. Or that they to a large extent don't need to know what you're searching because if you browse while logged in they are getting pretty good information on where you actually go (since so many sites use Facebook features).

But I don't use Bing.

And shush anyway. :p (simile intentional).

metaphor accidental.

synecdoche manslaughter in the second degree.

metonymy in your face aggressive.

What he said.

All I know is - Google+ Hangouts (AKA Voice/Video conferencing) is AWESOME and way, way WAY better than Skype.

Way.

....Even while making pretzels.