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I keep hearing over and over that Google+ is doomed, that it is no longer being used, but each time I look at my own activity and realise I am posting more than

I keep hearing over and over that Google+ is doomed, that it is no longer being used, but each time I look at my own activity and realise I am posting more than I used to ever post before on Google+ but it is not going to everyone. I've got a circle for technical people, for college friends, for family and I can selectively post content to each one. Only rarely do I post something public and most of the time it is meant for wider consumption, or it is a link to my latest blog post. Does Google+ have things it needs to add to become more useful? Absolutely, but I have found more engagement and user interaction on Google+ than on Facebook, mostly because I can curate the content to a specific subset of my circles thus making the content more relevant to those people, thus getting higher quality feedback from many different people. I get higher click throughs to links on Google+ than I do on Facebook or Twitter, and I get more insightful and interesting debate on Google+ than those other two. That in my book is a win.

wh-uws 15y ago
Facebook just rolled out this feature a few days ago. That was Google+'s major edge to me but it would have needed my whole network on it to be useful. Now that facebook has it, it is going to be very hard to get people to use something else.
- X-Istence 15y ago
  This is my experience with it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3020785 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3020785
  - wh-uws 15y ago
    That is only for special lists. When you add someone as family member it gives you the option to add the relationship to your profile. The other person has to agree to that, being identified as family or a coworker on your profile. Not being put on a certain list.
- richardw 15y ago
  The edge, for me, is that I actively want to keep FB friends and family only, but would also like a separate public persona. G+ is Twitter for people who don't know that 140 characters is a feature.
  - itswindy 15y ago
    That's not really something that helps Google. They want everyone there, not just self-proclaimed 'early adopters.'

wh-uws 15y ago

Facebook just rolled out this feature a few days ago. That was Google+'s major edge to me but it would have needed my whole network on it to be useful. Now that facebook has it, it is going to be very hard to get people to use something else.

X-Istence 15y ago
This is my experience with it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3020785 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3020785
- wh-uws 15y ago
  That is only for special lists. When you add someone as family member it gives you the option to add the relationship to your profile. The other person has to agree to that, being identified as family or a coworker on your profile. Not being put on a certain list.
richardw 15y ago
The edge, for me, is that I actively want to keep FB friends and family only, but would also like a separate public persona. G+ is Twitter for people who don't know that 140 characters is a feature.
- itswindy 15y ago
  That's not really something that helps Google. They want everyone there, not just self-proclaimed 'early adopters.'