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People who currently work at Google must see these posts here on HN every time they shut something down. The comments area always the same. Google must be aware

People who currently work at Google must see these posts here on HN every time they shut something down. The comments area always the same. Google must be aware this behavior is hurting them in a substantial way. Has anyone seen a public comment from someone at Google? Do they really not get it or do they just not care? Or am I wrong, is this not hurting them at all?

rafaelm 10y ago
I also think their approach is not the best, but do you believe anyone outside the tech echo chamber is making the same comments? I'm not sure how much the behavior could be actually hurting them. Of course, sometimes the people in tech introduce products to non-tech people. That could be a problem...
- saurik 10y ago
  So people outside of the "tech echo chamber" even use half of these services to begin with? I think the point here is that if Google wants to see normal people think to use any of these projects they are going to have to maintain them for a longer period of time under a brand strategy that doesn't involve constantly deprecating and replacing services while bothering to market and support the product line. Every now and then there is a Google product I know about which would be perfect for some use case we have in our community (I am involved in a lot of political organizing here). I bring it up, and no one has heard of it; and the last time I did this, I went to go show people, and it had been discontinued anyway... I mean, what's the point?
orangecat 10y ago
People who currently work at Google must see these posts here on HN every time they shut something down. Definitely. I expect there are dozens of snarky posts on Memegen by now. Whether that has any effect on management decisions is another matter. Or am I wrong, is this not hurting them at all? From the last earnings report, apparently not.
misingnoglic 10y ago
Did you even use spaces? I can't imagine this many people are mad about such a small project closing.

rafaelm 10y ago

I also think their approach is not the best, but do you believe anyone outside the tech echo chamber is making the same comments? I'm not sure how much the behavior could be actually hurting them. Of course, sometimes the people in tech introduce products to non-tech people. That could be a problem...

saurik 10y ago
So people outside of the "tech echo chamber" even use half of these services to begin with? I think the point here is that if Google wants to see normal people think to use any of these projects they are going to have to maintain them for a longer period of time under a brand strategy that doesn't involve constantly deprecating and replacing services while bothering to market and support the product line. Every now and then there is a Google product I know about which would be perfect for some use case we have in our community (I am involved in a lot of political organizing here). I bring it up, and no one has heard of it; and the last time I did this, I went to go show people, and it had been discontinued anyway... I mean, what's the point?

orangecat 10y ago

People who currently work at Google must see these posts here on HN every time they shut something down. Definitely. I expect there are dozens of snarky posts on Memegen by now. Whether that has any effect on management decisions is another matter. Or am I wrong, is this not hurting them at all? From the last earnings report, apparently not.

misingnoglic 10y ago

Did you even use spaces? I can't imagine this many people are mad about such a small project closing.