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Google Plus was a bit of a shame, having used it a little bit when it first came out, it was actually quote a good social network in terms of functionality. It

by gloves 11y ago

Google Plus was a bit of a shame, having used it a little bit when it first came out, it was actually quote a good social network in terms of functionality. It just never achieved that critical mass of users to make it worthy of dedicating alot of time to.

JoshTriplett 11y ago
Personally, I avoided it specifically because of all the "you must use this" shenanigans around YouTube and other services, as well as the Real Names policy brokenness. They could have had much more loyal users if they didn't pull stunts like that.
- gloves 11y ago
  This is just an opinion, but I wonder how many 'non-techies' that would have bothered? As someone switched on to those kind of arguments I can definitely understand - but to the every day lay man, I wonder how much a real name policy really would have mattered... (seeing the other side, I can imagine how people uneducated in these things are also naturally suspicious - my grandma is probably more cautious with her data than any other person I know - perhaps knowing the specifics of threats rather than just fearing privacy leakage as a generic fear inducing concept is worse?!)
  - JoshTriplett 11y ago
    > but to the every day lay man, I wonder how much a real name policy really would have mattered... Many of the people most affected by the Real Names policy were not "techies".
on_and_off 11y ago
The service right now is quite good. The first implementation is circles is just broken IMO. Yes, it is a very pertinent observation (you have different social circles) but nobody is ready to take the time to create these. Instead one of the last updates brought collections. It is very reminiscent of Pinterest but does not just focus on pictures. It is a very handy way to maintain different streams like e.g. : -random social banter - technical subject 1 - hobby 1 ... The mobile interface could better serve this paradigm, but otherwise this is the best social product for me.

by gloves 11y ago

JoshTriplett 11y ago

Personally, I avoided it specifically because of all the "you must use this" shenanigans around YouTube and other services, as well as the Real Names policy brokenness. They could have had much more loyal users if they didn't pull stunts like that.

gloves 11y ago
This is just an opinion, but I wonder how many 'non-techies' that would have bothered? As someone switched on to those kind of arguments I can definitely understand - but to the every day lay man, I wonder how much a real name policy really would have mattered... (seeing the other side, I can imagine how people uneducated in these things are also naturally suspicious - my grandma is probably more cautious with her data than any other person I know - perhaps knowing the specifics of threats rather than just fearing privacy leakage as a generic fear inducing concept is worse?!)
- JoshTriplett 11y ago
  > but to the every day lay man, I wonder how much a real name policy really would have mattered... Many of the people most affected by the Real Names policy were not "techies".

on_and_off 11y ago

The service right now is quite good. The first implementation is circles is just broken IMO. Yes, it is a very pertinent observation (you have different social circles) but nobody is ready to take the time to create these. Instead one of the last updates brought collections. It is very reminiscent of Pinterest but does not just focus on pictures. It is a very handy way to maintain different streams like e.g. : -random social banter - technical subject 1 - hobby 1 ... The mobile interface could better serve this paradigm, but otherwise this is the best social product for me.