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An uncharitable opinion might be that Google hired someone with previous social media experience in a last ditch effort to figure out a way to make Google+ a su

An uncharitable opinion might be that Google hired someone with previous social media experience in a last ditch effort to figure out a way to make Google+ a success.

meepmorp 6y ago
How's that uncharitable? That's probably why the hired him.
- jandrese 6y ago
  It paints a picture of a panicked Google exec going "oh shit G+ is swirling the drain, is there anybody at all with successful social media experience that can save it?" Then they hire the first guy they find, even though his site and G+ are almost polar opposites. G+ fails shortly afterward. Not exactly a fair assessment of the situation.
  - meepmorp 6y ago
    Are we talking about being unfair to moot or Google?
at_a_remove 6y ago
M00t did have a greatly contrasting view to The Zuck. The Zuck -- one identity, one you. M00t talked about "facets," a face you show, just one plane out of the multihedron of You. It's a bit more than Billy Joel's "The Stranger," is the "you" that you bring to work, or maybe just the one you show your boss. The Zuck just had everything all out there for everyone. M00t's insight is that people really really did not want to do that, everything from your personal political leanings to not wanting your grandmother to know about your fursona. It is a smart hire in that aspect, but Google+ was going to be an also-ran and I don't think M00t alone could save it.
- jandrese 6y ago
  I guess Google+'s "circles" concept would be helpful in maintaining different facets, but ultimately all social media is public so that's kind of a silly thing to even try to do. If you don't want your wild Fursona to be associated with the same account that you use for your highly conservative church groups then putting them on the same account is not a good idea.
- fomine3 6y ago
  I loved the Google+ philosophy, but it's gone...
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Blikkentrekker 6y ago
4chan probably largely got so popular because it was the first English language image board, not because of a good idea. It was really just copied from a formula that was long popular in Japan, and being the first it became the biggest. An interesting matter is that Lainchan follows largely the same formula and is very civil in comparison, despite not enforcing it, perhaps because it's main focus is technology and not entertainment.

An uncharitable opinion might be that Google hired someone with previous social media experience in a last ditch effort to figure out a way to make Google+ a success.

meepmorp 6y ago

How's that uncharitable? That's probably why the hired him.

jandrese 6y ago
It paints a picture of a panicked Google exec going "oh shit G+ is swirling the drain, is there anybody at all with successful social media experience that can save it?" Then they hire the first guy they find, even though his site and G+ are almost polar opposites. G+ fails shortly afterward. Not exactly a fair assessment of the situation.
- meepmorp 6y ago
  Are we talking about being unfair to moot or Google?

at_a_remove 6y ago

M00t did have a greatly contrasting view to The Zuck. The Zuck -- one identity, one you. M00t talked about "facets," a face you show, just one plane out of the multihedron of You. It's a bit more than Billy Joel's "The Stranger," is the "you" that you bring to work, or maybe just the one you show your boss. The Zuck just had everything all out there for everyone. M00t's insight is that people really really did not want to do that, everything from your personal political leanings to not wanting your grandmother to know about your fursona. It is a smart hire in that aspect, but Google+ was going to be an also-ran and I don't think M00t alone could save it.

jandrese 6y ago
I guess Google+'s "circles" concept would be helpful in maintaining different facets, but ultimately all social media is public so that's kind of a silly thing to even try to do. If you don't want your wild Fursona to be associated with the same account that you use for your highly conservative church groups then putting them on the same account is not a good idea.
fomine3 6y ago
I loved the Google+ philosophy, but it's gone...

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Blikkentrekker 6y ago

4chan probably largely got so popular because it was the first English language image board, not because of a good idea. It was really just copied from a formula that was long popular in Japan, and being the first it became the biggest. An interesting matter is that Lainchan follows largely the same formula and is very civil in comparison, despite not enforcing it, perhaps because it's main focus is technology and not entertainment.