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I actually don't have a problem with social networking. I know where FB and Twitter sit in my world. I use both of them regularly. I don't see how + is signif

I actually don't have a problem with social networking. I know where FB and Twitter sit in my world. I use both of them regularly. I don't see how + is significantly different than either of those products. I've already hidden most people I don't need to see on my FB feed and of course Twitter is curated by people I'm interested in. What else am I missing here? EDIT: Let me follow that up by saying that the majority of my conversations that could be considered 'social', still happen in email. Is that a problem someone could solve? Or is that too far fetched to be solved by a social network?

nostrademons 15y ago
Then Google+ isn't for you. If you don't have a problem, why go looking for a solution?
- vrikhter 15y ago
  That's a valid question. Maybe you're right. Let me explain it to you this way if I may. I may not be sure if I have problem, until it's explained to me that I'm missing something and thus a problem appears (isn't all marketing just that?). For example, my Dad runs a small biz and every week collects his employees time information by hand and calls Paychex to input the payroll. He doesn't really have a problem doing this, although it takes up nearly one hour if not more a week for him (or every other week). When I showed him tools that automated this for him and saved him time, he was quite thankful. He didn't realize he had a problem spending one hour every week (or every other week) doing this work, until I showed him a solution that made his current system seem problematic. At the moment I feel like there is more to social than just FB, TW and email. However, I can't quite pin point it myself - and I've tried. I was hoping someone quite smarter than me would do it, but they missed, and a by a lot in my opinion.
  - thenonhacker 15y ago
    "Then Google+ isn't for you. If you don't have a problem, why go looking for a solution?" Not to mention that this reply is snarky and condescending. The issue here is, what are the main differentiators of Google+ from Facebook and from Twitter? For example, I thought I didn't need Twitter anymore, because believe it or not, I though Digg already solved the problem of connecting with people and sharing links with them. It turned out the Twitter has a different kind of value proposition from Digg. And look, Twitter is bigger than Digg or Reddit!
iralarry 15y ago
I did one better-I am thinking-with regards to FB "Friends" I do not see or even hear from regularly. In our haste to accumulate as many friends as the next FBer, we seem lost in the numbers. I actually blasted a statement telling al the people I was "friends" with that if we have not communicated directly with each other within the past year, I was going to de-friend them. ANd I did. I whittled the list down by 40%. Life, simplified.

nostrademons 15y ago

Then Google+ isn't for you. If you don't have a problem, why go looking for a solution?

vrikhter 15y ago
That's a valid question. Maybe you're right. Let me explain it to you this way if I may. I may not be sure if I have problem, until it's explained to me that I'm missing something and thus a problem appears (isn't all marketing just that?). For example, my Dad runs a small biz and every week collects his employees time information by hand and calls Paychex to input the payroll. He doesn't really have a problem doing this, although it takes up nearly one hour if not more a week for him (or every other week). When I showed him tools that automated this for him and saved him time, he was quite thankful. He didn't realize he had a problem spending one hour every week (or every other week) doing this work, until I showed him a solution that made his current system seem problematic. At the moment I feel like there is more to social than just FB, TW and email. However, I can't quite pin point it myself - and I've tried. I was hoping someone quite smarter than me would do it, but they missed, and a by a lot in my opinion.
- thenonhacker 15y ago
  "Then Google+ isn't for you. If you don't have a problem, why go looking for a solution?" Not to mention that this reply is snarky and condescending. The issue here is, what are the main differentiators of Google+ from Facebook and from Twitter? For example, I thought I didn't need Twitter anymore, because believe it or not, I though Digg already solved the problem of connecting with people and sharing links with them. It turned out the Twitter has a different kind of value proposition from Digg. And look, Twitter is bigger than Digg or Reddit!

iralarry 15y ago

I did one better-I am thinking-with regards to FB "Friends" I do not see or even hear from regularly. In our haste to accumulate as many friends as the next FBer, we seem lost in the numbers. I actually blasted a statement telling al the people I was "friends" with that if we have not communicated directly with each other within the past year, I was going to de-friend them. ANd I did. I whittled the list down by 40%. Life, simplified.