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Is it possible to like Google+ page on Facebook? That would be quite an indicator to get people to move en masse to Google+. Trouble is Google+ is invite only.

by Joakal 15y ago

Is it possible to like Google+ page on Facebook? That would be quite an indicator to get people to move en masse to Google+. Trouble is Google+ is invite only. So over time, Google+ will lose some momentum and I'm expecting articles of 'G+ invite fatigue' any day now.

sp332 15y ago
Sure, use the bookmarklet: https://www.facebook.com/share_options.php https://www.facebook.com/share_options.php
dasil003 15y ago
It's not just invite-only, but in fact if you have received an invite you still can't get in at the moment. It's pretty irritating to receive an email saying your invited showing a bunch of cool stuff and then have no way to see it (and 403 if you're logged into the wrong Google account).
- gaius 15y ago
  Particularly since it is just a blatant attempt to mimic FB's original exclusivity (i.e. only a small list of colleges). Like, it's not a thing. It's not full. Google is giving everyone 7 gigs of space for email now. They're not short on storage capacity! Sorry Google, I don't have time for stupid marketing games, and I expect this to go the way of Orkut.
  - Locke1689 15y ago
    Have you considered the possibility that it's not a marketing game?
    - gaius 15y ago
      Like I say, G+ isn't an actual thing, like a box or a bucket. It can't "fill up" while there is evidence of massive spare capacity in the Google infrastructure. Pure gimmick.
      - Cacti 15y ago
        Don't be ridiculous, it's not a "gimmick". They're not referring to HARDWARE. They're referring to engineers, debugging, and load testing. Their supply of engineers isn't infinite, so, tell me, is it a gimmick to slowly roll out the service while you fix bugs and chokepoints that you wouldn't have discovered in internal testing? Is it a gimmick to do this at a rate that makes it possible for the engineers to actually fix the bugs as they discovered, rather than have a few thousand an hour bring the entire system to a screeching halt? You must not write software, mr know it all...
  - matwood 15y ago
    Based on my G+ usage it's not a gimmick at all. They seem to still have scaling issues (and bugs). Friends changing their profile pic can take hours before it stops bouncing back and forth between the new one and old one. The point is, they are still bug hunting and fixing (still can't edit your birthday for example) and it doesn't make sense to let the whole world in until they have solved the most obvious ones.

by Joakal 15y ago

sp332 15y ago

Sure, use the bookmarklet: https://www.facebook.com/share_options.php https://www.facebook.com/share_options.php

dasil003 15y ago

It's not just invite-only, but in fact if you have received an invite you still can't get in at the moment. It's pretty irritating to receive an email saying your invited showing a bunch of cool stuff and then have no way to see it (and 403 if you're logged into the wrong Google account).

gaius 15y ago
Particularly since it is just a blatant attempt to mimic FB's original exclusivity (i.e. only a small list of colleges). Like, it's not a thing. It's not full. Google is giving everyone 7 gigs of space for email now. They're not short on storage capacity! Sorry Google, I don't have time for stupid marketing games, and I expect this to go the way of Orkut.
- Locke1689 15y ago
  Have you considered the possibility that it's not a marketing game?
  - gaius 15y ago
    Like I say, G+ isn't an actual thing, like a box or a bucket. It can't "fill up" while there is evidence of massive spare capacity in the Google infrastructure. Pure gimmick.
    - Cacti 15y ago
      Don't be ridiculous, it's not a "gimmick". They're not referring to HARDWARE. They're referring to engineers, debugging, and load testing. Their supply of engineers isn't infinite, so, tell me, is it a gimmick to slowly roll out the service while you fix bugs and chokepoints that you wouldn't have discovered in internal testing? Is it a gimmick to do this at a rate that makes it possible for the engineers to actually fix the bugs as they discovered, rather than have a few thousand an hour bring the entire system to a screeching halt? You must not write software, mr know it all...
- matwood 15y ago
  Based on my G+ usage it's not a gimmick at all. They seem to still have scaling issues (and bugs). Friends changing their profile pic can take hours before it stops bouncing back and forth between the new one and old one. The point is, they are still bug hunting and fixing (still can't edit your birthday for example) and it doesn't make sense to let the whole world in until they have solved the most obvious ones.