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I have to agree with the commenters on Mashable- the orange and pink are really, really close to each other; they're difficult to discern and to remember which means yes and no. Maybe HubSpot could create a better one...
Twitter is listed as you cannot control who sees your updates, but you can private your account and block people. It also says there's no groups, but it does allow you to create lists...
Good first draft, but should have been checked before it was published. There are some errors in here.
There are several errors with Tumblr. It's a challenge b/c tumblr is unique in several ways. Tumblr offers group sub accounts. Tumblr accounts including group blogs can be private. Tumblr has filtered lists based on tags in the dashboard (analogous to newsfeed). Tumblr has Reblogging which is unique to the platform and serves as a threaded comment chat feature in practice. It would also be good to include mobile, SMS and email interactions here.
I agree with all of these comments: the colors are too similar, it doesn't effectively show how the sites "measure up", and is really a generalization of the 5 sites. It would be more effective to show user numbers over a period of months, user numbers on daily basis, what users are doing most on each site, anything to educate a newbie how people are using the sites.
1. Errors
2. Really BAD color scheme.
Hi Pamela,
All the way it is a good article.
But this color scheme confused me it seems like both are same, try some different color scheme.
Best of Luck.
Thanks
This is the first time I have not liked an infographic shared here on HubSpot.
I had to check several times which colour meant yes/no. Presumably they chose these two colours because of the dark blue background? Mashable should know better.
Its a shame because despite the colour issue it is actually quite interesting as a basic comparison (other comments above re flaws aside).
Unfortunately this graphic does little to differentiate between the services. My quick glance would tell me that all of them are basically the same. There are a few obvious differences, like messaging and video, but the rest is too similar. I think a better graphic would show who uses them and why.
I do agree that many of these services are beginning to blur, but developing why one would use them is a better use of blog space.
EXCELLENT info and concept of presentation.
Try using the universal colors for Yes (green) and No (red) would make this easier to follow.
IMHO
You included gTalk in this infographic as a feature of G+, but neglected to mention Google Calendar which basically covers making events.
You put a private calendar event in your calendar, add your contacts' gMail addresses.
Just thought if you were going to connect one unrelated product you might as well mention another. :)
google social media side will grow very fast as most people uses google or has a gmail account and i see the +1 link all over the place
Nice infographic, the colours not as helpful as could be.
Curious to know why on events Twitter is given a no? Like to know the data or why this is???
At many events I have seen the most activity on twitter.
Twitter amplification or viral effect is much more dynamic due to being open sourced.
Be really helpful.
I'm not sure I would include Tumblr as a social network, I still currently view it as a blogging platform, at least when compared to the others in this infographic.
Great concept. Poor execution. Will Hubspot vet the infographic and publish one of its own?
I thought Tumblr was more for blogging? How important is the Google plus button going to be towards site rankings in the future?