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There is plenty of room for polishing the default UI. But... 1) Google+ != Twitter. They are competing with Twitter, but that is an argument against making a T

by shib71 15y ago

There is plenty of room for polishing the default UI. But... 1) Google+ != Twitter. They are competing with Twitter, but that is an argument against making a Twitter clone, not for. 2) A tiny number of users would use those configuration options. Adding options that will benefit a minuscule number of power users and confuse everyone else is not a useful way for the G+ team to spend their time.

muuh-gnu 15y ago
> Adding options ... confuse everyone else This false argument gets repeated over and over. You dont have to bombard everybody with a zillion of probably unneeded options. Separate the everyday from power user options. The poweruser stuff doesnt even have to be obvious, it is sufficient to make it possible. Theres no need to make setting a option outright impossible, if you only goal is to prevent confusing users who will never find it in the first place.
rodh257 15y ago
I see your points, and I'm definitely not suggesting G+ should be a Twitter clone, but at the moment I'm seeing that the whole concept of 'following' peoples posts, whether you know them or not, is being used (and encouraged by G+) so I think it needs some improvement. In regards to the configuration options, I'd suggest that perhaps the defaults should be changed.