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Lots of gloating about the failure of Google+, even though Facebook could really use a competitor (although, yes, something smaller than Google would be better)
by matt4077 10y ago
Lots of gloating about the failure of Google+, even though Facebook could really use a competitor (although, yes, something smaller than Google would be better).
The one feature G+ had, that I was sad to see failing, were their "Circles". The idea that you have different personas within different social groups, i. e. work/high school friends/family/...
It's theoretically possible with Facebook I guess, but I just don't trust them not to change my settings, nor do I actually feel like I know the ins and outs of what's private and what's not.
Twitter is a bit better because the clients are made with account-switching in mind. But one account with maybe different "channels" would still feel better.
- dredmorbius 10y agoPart of my own frustration is that Google failed to be that competition. Or better yet: failed to create a federated, open-standards, open-protocols, multi-client alternative. So much potential, squandered.