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All of this could have been avoided if they simply had a button that asked users if they wanted google to automagically add social contacts from gmail and give
by kqr2 17y ago
All of this could have been avoided if they simply had a button that asked users if they wanted google to automagically add social contacts from gmail and give users a preview of what that would look like.
They should have also clearly indicated in the preview what was private and what was public.
BTW, what happened to their beta testing / invite only methodology? Also doesn't google beta test things internally first? If so, I'm sure they would have gotten very similar feedback from their 10,000+ employees.
- jsz0 17y agoIt's a land grab. They had to gain users and build social/advertising groups quickly. I think there's something going on behind the scenes with Twitter and/or Facebook that terrifies Google right now. Otherwise they wouldn't have made such a bone headed move. They know better. The deployment strategy was a carefully calculated risk in my opinion.
- tocomment 17y agoThat's very interesting. What could Facebook possibly do to terrify Google? Maybe I'm not being creative, but I can't think of anything offhand. I'd love to hear some conjectures.
- jubbam 17y agoMaybe Facebook moving into the e-mail area scares Google? http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/05/facebooks-project-titan-a-full-featured-webmail-product/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/05/facebooks-project-titan-a-f... This would put Facebook in the middle of even more conversations/social interactions.