Please use the comment area of this post to talk about your experiences with Cake, and how it feels to use it in...
Please use the comment area of this post to talk about your experiences with Cake, and how it feels to use it in comparison with G+.
Also, if you know much about Cake please consider contributing to the entry for that service in the G+ Alternatives spreadsheet. At present, the entry for Cake is blank!
No politics, please. Thanks!
#GooglePlusAlternativeReviews.
#Cake
Also, if you know much about Cake please consider contributing to the entry for that service in the G+ Alternatives spreadsheet. At present, the entry for Cake is blank!
No politics, please. Thanks!
#GooglePlusAlternativeReviews.
#Cake
Apparently, Cake has a lot of whitespace, and some of its posts seem related to the confectionary product known as "cake."
ReplyDeleteThis one?
ReplyDeletecake.co - About Cake
"ou own your experience on Cake. You can hide posts in your conversations that you feel detract from the discussion. You can ignore users whose posts and conversations you don’t want to see. You can mute users to prevent them from posting in conversations you start. And we're working on even more powerful tools to help you have great conversations without needing to worry about trolls, mansplainers, and other nuisances."
ReplyDeleteGreg Mee Yes: that one.
ReplyDelete> mansplainers
Interesting focus of the site; I wonder who runs it.
Benjamin Russell Yeah, that's...odd. And troubling.
ReplyDeletePeter Maranci > And troubling.
ReplyDeleteWell, it depends on the user. It's probably not troubling for female users. In order to evaluate their focus, it would probably be necessary to determine the reason for this emphasis.
If it happens to be based on a personal experience by, say, a female founder of Cake.co in response to, for example, trying to discuss a topic in a traditionally male-dominated area and being treated in a condescending manner for not being male, then there is a possibility that that emphasis might make sense in that context.
Conversely, if it just happens to be based on a discriminatory attitude by someone who implicitly believes that, say, one gender is inherently superior to the other, however, then that might be cause for alarm.
Benjamin Russell I'd be less concerned if there were a mention of "gynsplaining" as well. Or would it be "femsplaining"? I'm not sure. :D
ReplyDeleteBenjamin Russell Yeah... interesting.
ReplyDeleteMight bear some browsing, to see if it's worth the effort. I don't know whether it's really telling stories and discussing whatever or is a safe place for certain groups to rant.
Greg Mee > ... or is a safe place for certain groups to rant.
ReplyDeleteWell, it seems that their policy against "mansplaining" (as they choose the term) is to allow users to filter it out, rather than to censor it, so if they adhere to this policy, it should still be "safe." Whether it would be recommended, however, might be another story....
Benjamin Russell cake was started by the guy who started https://advrider.com
ReplyDeleteIts a thriving forum for adventure motorcycle riders (really any motorcycle riders) and their tag line is Ride the World. It's really interesting to read about people's adventures.
advrider.com - Adventure Rider
Geoffrey Forest > Its a thriving
ReplyDelete> forum for adventure motorcycle
> riders (really any motorcycle
> riders) and their tag line is Ride the
> World.
Oh, I see. That's too bad. I'm a geek who happened to major in computer science and who is interested in otaku-related pursuits, not an outdoor person. In that case, it probably wouldn't suit me.
Hi.. does anyone here know if there's a smartphone app for cake?
ReplyDeleteAnnie B. They're working on an iPhone app.
ReplyDeleteBenjamin Russell Cake is different from ADVrider. The founder of Cake Chris MacAskill started ADV and then Cake. Cake is topics-based, which means you follow topics instead of people, unlike typical social networks. So far my experience there has been amazing. The developers are responsive and the site is clean.
I tested the site today. What I don't like about it and is very different to G+ is, that you cannot follow people, you can only follow topics or "conversations". My very first post has been deleted. An administrator didn't like the text that I added. That means that every single post is controlled which I find awkward!! I think I don't like it and will unsubscribe.
ReplyDeleteTeng Chiang > Cake is topics-
ReplyDelete> based, which means you follow
> topics instead of people, unlike
> typical social networks.
... which means that unless I can immediately find an interesting topic to follow, I cannot follow anything, even if I already know someone there.
About 2 days ago, I tried searching for 2 geeky interesting subjects there, but both searches turned up blanks. By contrast, on Dreamwidth, I found someone who was a scholar/otaku who shared interests in 2 different topics at the same time within approximately 5 minutes of searching there; therefore, I immediately signed up there.
Following topics instead of people doesn't work unless someone else has already started discussing a topic of interest.
Benjamin Russell Yeah the network is pretty new so gotta create own topics. Early G+ influencers like Trey Ratcliff and Thomas Hawk are already there so hopefully it'll lead to more people joining the network. Need more geeks / otaku to signup tho (>_<)
ReplyDeleteP/S: Will look into Dreamwidth thanks!
From the point of view of a photographer, I like the look of the page of a specific individual photographer's that I've seen, but only being able to follow topics would be a big turn-off, unless someone comes up with a way of gaming the system to get it to be more useful for us.
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