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Yes, of course I'm sure the actual work is valuable as an employee... and to say you're working on the Google+ team is to say you're working at Google, which is

Yes, of course I'm sure the actual work is valuable as an employee... and to say you're working on the Google+ team is to say you're working at Google, which is hugely valuable on its own. I'm more wondering if there's some goal they're all working towards... what's their mission as a team? What's the morale like? Is there a lot of pressure on them to perform better?

dmead 10y ago
perform better how? the failures are in marketing and brand stuff. after all, google+ is really a me-too product reminiscent of late 90s/early 2000s microsoft. Facebook, for all it's faults pretty much spread word of mouth. everything about google+ seems forced.
- reitanqild 10y ago
  Some people around here (not saying you) have been shouting their hate against g+ so loud that many seems to be unaware that for some users, and quite a few it seems, google+ offers a much better experience than anything else. You say: "everything about google+ seems forced." I say: less forced than twitter, on g+ I can write my post just the way I want anf share with just the people I want. Less forced than facebook: on g+ I can (and I do have) multiple personas, keeping my friends away from being bothered by my taste in music, future employers from being bothered by what I do on my spare time etc. Hint: nothing illegal, I would not trust it to protect me against a police investigation, but for the majority of us (I hope) we don't need that.
  - user202020 10y ago
    My view is that Google+ is like some smaller social media or messaging apps. If the people you care about are using it, then you'll use it. Some services, like Facebook, are completely dependent on everyone being on it. But others, like GroupMe in my case, are only used for what I like, and I don't care about the people that aren't on it because they aren't what I'm looking for (I know Facebook and GroupMe are different things.) I think Google+ works for the communities that exist on it, and they don't care about seeing the service become insanely popular. Okay, maybe they do, but it doesn't affect the enjoyment they already have.
  - nol13 10y ago
    The experience is great I'm sure, the problem is they messed up the launch dooming it probably forever, and that it's owned by google, which already knows enough about me. Of course I'm also a paranoid who wouldn't use any social media remotely tied to real life anyway.
  - ocdtrekkie 10y ago
    Indeed, Google+ is just about the last Google product I still use regularly. Because I have no better options. I'm too wordy for Twitter, and Facebook is too private, it's hard to find new people there.
  - dmead 10y ago
    Valid point. I have no use for twitter either.

dmead 10y ago

perform better how? the failures are in marketing and brand stuff. after all, google+ is really a me-too product reminiscent of late 90s/early 2000s microsoft. Facebook, for all it's faults pretty much spread word of mouth. everything about google+ seems forced.

reitanqild 10y ago
Some people around here (not saying you) have been shouting their hate against g+ so loud that many seems to be unaware that for some users, and quite a few it seems, google+ offers a much better experience than anything else. You say: "everything about google+ seems forced." I say: less forced than twitter, on g+ I can write my post just the way I want anf share with just the people I want. Less forced than facebook: on g+ I can (and I do have) multiple personas, keeping my friends away from being bothered by my taste in music, future employers from being bothered by what I do on my spare time etc. Hint: nothing illegal, I would not trust it to protect me against a police investigation, but for the majority of us (I hope) we don't need that.
- user202020 10y ago
  My view is that Google+ is like some smaller social media or messaging apps. If the people you care about are using it, then you'll use it. Some services, like Facebook, are completely dependent on everyone being on it. But others, like GroupMe in my case, are only used for what I like, and I don't care about the people that aren't on it because they aren't what I'm looking for (I know Facebook and GroupMe are different things.) I think Google+ works for the communities that exist on it, and they don't care about seeing the service become insanely popular. Okay, maybe they do, but it doesn't affect the enjoyment they already have.
- nol13 10y ago
  The experience is great I'm sure, the problem is they messed up the launch dooming it probably forever, and that it's owned by google, which already knows enough about me. Of course I'm also a paranoid who wouldn't use any social media remotely tied to real life anyway.
- ocdtrekkie 10y ago
  Indeed, Google+ is just about the last Google product I still use regularly. Because I have no better options. I'm too wordy for Twitter, and Facebook is too private, it's hard to find new people there.
- dmead 10y ago
  Valid point. I have no use for twitter either.