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So you're saying Google Wave was an undertaking born directly out of events that happened here on HN? That's not what I remember about Google Wave. Where are t

by paveway 10y ago

So you're saying Google Wave was an undertaking born directly out of events that happened here on HN? That's not what I remember about Google Wave. Where are the moments of these facts recorded? And because that protocol didn't work, they killed off and/or radically altered unrelated chat and RSS products? I don't feel that's true. Google has implemented other new consumer facing protocols and products since then. What are the pieces that tie together Wave, Reader and XMPP integration, other than timing and the fact that RSS and XMPP are open standards?

aub3bhat 10y ago
Google Wave was an undertaking born directly out of advice-given/beliefs-held by people similar to those on HN. The advice being all you need is a decentralized protocol like Email/XMPP and its possible to succeed in Social. Google tried that with Wave and failed spectacularly. As a result it stopped listening-to/caring about what tech-savvy users say and started dismantling other open standards social tools such as Reader (RSS), XMPP etc.