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Can a workplace block Google+?
There must be millions of people who work in businesses who block Facebook.
Because Google's social network is built on top of their productivity products, will this open up a social network for these people?
- zeefo08 15y agoAll the urls base to plus.google.com, so I don't see why they couldn't, but I never really understood why a workplace would outright block facebook or anything else for that matter.
- Dramatize 15y agoThere's a notification/interaction bar in the top header. You can do most things without going to plus.google.com
- paul-woolcock 15y agoThey block it because a lot of managers and executives still think that blocking their employees from everything but their work is the best way to ensure worker productivity
- latch 15y agoYou aren't 100% right. Some places also block any place where you can communicate/share/upload potentially confidential/proprietary/private/blah information. FB and Google+ certainly fall into this type of category (although, you could just pick up your cell phone, call a friend, and have them post whatever revealing information you have).
- veyron 15y agoThe issue is that in certain circles (e.g. in finance) all Internet communications must be recorded in some way, shape, or form. Google+ has yet to expose an API to do so, hence in a lot of places this cannot fly. Same deal with facebook chat and most other services you can think of. It's not entirely a productivity issue. Corporate messaging systems (e.g. bloomberg) have special setups exactly for this issue. Edit: check out SEC ruling 17a-4(b)(4) regarding recording for registered broker-dealers
- latch 15y agoYes, they can. Even my top bar is only partially loaded. Specifically, the right notification count (the red thing) is blank and I get a firewall error when I open it. Edit: It was actually blocked on Thursday, had to get on through my phone. I was surprised at how quick they were.
- brudgers 15y agoTo the degree they can prevent the use of cellphones, they can block Google+.