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I'm really surprised google did not try to launch this on colleges similar to fb's roots. A lot of college kids have serious issues with fb's privacy features.
by zaidf 15y ago
I'm really surprised google did not try to launch this on colleges similar to fb's roots.
A lot of college kids have serious issues with fb's privacy features. Instead of google plus building bloatware like hangouts or huddle, a decent events and pictures feature along with a launch on a few campuses could have been very interesting.
As it stands right now, it risks becoming another twitter where the only people managing to get in are nerds or marketers looking for another venue to post the crap. For fb, these two audiences were probably at the bottom of the list. I remember commenting on venturebeat around 20006 as myspace hype was peaking about this little phenomenon called fb that VB folks should checkout once they are done going gaga over myspace.
- cryptoz 15y ago> bloatware like hangouts Woah there. Hangouts are absolutely magical. Two of my friends just moved to another city two weeks ago. When Google launched +, we all immediately hopped on hangouts and it was awesome. 6 of my friends were hanging out together, we all got a tour of the new apartment, had a good time. Since then we've used it to collaborate on various projects. And given that I run linux at home, this is the first video chat experience I've ever had that actually worked. Ever. Hangouts are not bloat. They are a killer feature.
- yesimahuman 15y agoI do agree that right now it feels like a Twitter just based on the type of users on it. It certainly is far from replacing facebook in terms of connecting with my non-techie friends who also have non-techie friends.