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Google Docs trends on Twitter for all the right reasons; here are some of our favorite responses - 9to5Google

Google Docs trends on Twitter for all the right reasons; here are some of our favorite responses - 9to5Google

May 07, 2021 2 mins, 5 secs

Google Docs hit the Twitter “Trending” tab, and for a change, it was actually for all the right reasons, overnight showcasing just why it’s arguably the best word processor out there.

Basically, a tweet or thread of tweets from a PhD candidate at Harvard sparked one of the biggest open debates on the social media platform around Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and why Google’s cloud-based word processor is preferred by millions across the globe.

In his original tweet, Anbinder simply noted that many of his students were using Google Docs and outright avoiding Microsoft Word.

The most obvious retort to this is that because Docs has been free for some time, but it’s far more nuanced than that.

In a hilarious twist, he also added that his students are using Google Docs to convert documents to the outdated .doc format when submitting assignments — which is double surprising as the format has been .docx for the better part of a decade too.

Twitter was alight (well, almost considering this is just a document editor) with people dunking on Anbinder for this apparent disdain for Google Docs.

We’ll agree that certain formatting controls are better in MS Word, but on the whole, it’s hard to deny that for most people Docs is a far superior option — and not just because it’s free.

We’ve all had some bad takes in person and especially online, but joining a Twitter thread that is so vehemently defending Google Docs, it’s probably best not to wade in and call people using Google Docs the “dumbest people on Twitter.” Whatever people need to get their kicks is up to them though?

Ironically it’s the excellent functionality of Google Docs that allows this kind of frozen-in-amber tech preference to persist, because all his students can simply convert their file to a Word doc facsimile to submit it.

Personally, I’ve used Docs for the better part of a decade as the thought of losing a document saved to a USB thumb drive or having to email myself the .docx file became the most annoying aspect of Word and just about every other alternative

At the risk of dunking on the original tweet again, there are some fairly solid reasons why you might prefer Microsoft Office over Docs — the fact that you get Microsoft’s word processor for free while a Harvard student is not one of those when tuition can set you back as much as $51,925 per year

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