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Why is there so much discussion about what might be the success or failure of Google+? it's all noise. In 12 months (even less), there will be enough data to a

Why is there so much discussion about what might be the success or failure of Google+? it's all noise. In 12 months (even less), there will be enough data to argue definitively, so what is the reason for having an opinion now. I'm not bashing you for your opinion, the whole argument is immature. Lets wait a little before psychoanalyze everything about this.

fossuser 15y ago
It reminds me of a movie I watched in High School biology (Race for the Double Helix) where many of the scientists kept trying to guess if DNA was helical prematurely before Rosalind Franklin snapped at them about their pointless presumptions. I think people just like to speculate, given the chance that what they stated actually ends up happening -- makes them feel insightful.
tambourine_man 15y ago
I wish I could give you 100 up votes, but I guess one will have to do.
solipsist 15y ago
I upvoted you, but the point you bring up is not unique to Google +. You should of instead asked: >Why is there so much discussion about what might be the success or failure of products/services/companies/etc? It's all noise. And the answer to that question is quite simple. If there are people out there willing to read it, then there are people out there that are going to write it. Online journalism and blogs have made these types of articles the norm.
fedd 15y ago
>Why..? maybe because if you invest when everything is definite, you take less risk and get less income?
- jshen 15y ago
  Exactly, and even if you don't invest, it's a way to test and refine your understanding of the world.
pkulak 15y ago
We're not all 100% rational robots. We work in this field. It's fun to discuss possibilities; wonder about the future. And, to be honest, the hive mind is _generally_ right about these things. Remember Color and how everyone was so sure it was going to fail spectacularly? And remember how it did? Or how skeptical everyone was about Diaspora? Or OpenID? Or how early most people realized that Facebook was going to destroy MySpace? It's not just noise. Well, Buzz may have been noise... and so may be Google+... but it's fun to talk about it.
- tambourine_man 15y ago
  but it's fun to talk about it. The problem is that such speculation often gets disguised as serious journalism and pundit analyses when, at this point, is just gossip and opportunistic click bait.
  - faramarz 15y ago
    > opportunistic click bait. Bingo!
trotsky 15y ago
I think it's a symptom of all of the advice in web 2.0 etc. entrepreneurial circles along the lines of "promoting brand you" and "always be blogging". A certain segment seems to believe in always offering their opinion on everything even if they have no experience in the subject and no particular insight.

fossuser 15y ago

It reminds me of a movie I watched in High School biology (Race for the Double Helix) where many of the scientists kept trying to guess if DNA was helical prematurely before Rosalind Franklin snapped at them about their pointless presumptions. I think people just like to speculate, given the chance that what they stated actually ends up happening -- makes them feel insightful.

tambourine_man 15y ago

I wish I could give you 100 up votes, but I guess one will have to do.

solipsist 15y ago

I upvoted you, but the point you bring up is not unique to Google +. You should of instead asked: >Why is there so much discussion about what might be the success or failure of products/services/companies/etc? It's all noise. And the answer to that question is quite simple. If there are people out there willing to read it, then there are people out there that are going to write it. Online journalism and blogs have made these types of articles the norm.

fedd 15y ago

>Why..? maybe because if you invest when everything is definite, you take less risk and get less income?

jshen 15y ago
Exactly, and even if you don't invest, it's a way to test and refine your understanding of the world.

pkulak 15y ago

We're not all 100% rational robots. We work in this field. It's fun to discuss possibilities; wonder about the future. And, to be honest, the hive mind is _generally_ right about these things. Remember Color and how everyone was so sure it was going to fail spectacularly? And remember how it did? Or how skeptical everyone was about Diaspora? Or OpenID? Or how early most people realized that Facebook was going to destroy MySpace? It's not just noise. Well, Buzz may have been noise... and so may be Google+... but it's fun to talk about it.

tambourine_man 15y ago
but it's fun to talk about it. The problem is that such speculation often gets disguised as serious journalism and pundit analyses when, at this point, is just gossip and opportunistic click bait.
- faramarz 15y ago
  > opportunistic click bait. Bingo!

trotsky 15y ago

I think it's a symptom of all of the advice in web 2.0 etc. entrepreneurial circles along the lines of "promoting brand you" and "always be blogging". A certain segment seems to believe in always offering their opinion on everything even if they have no experience in the subject and no particular insight.