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Hi. That was me. What's odd about a Yahoo! employee using Google+? The point of my "rant" was specifically that it doesn't make any sense to launch a feature l

by rgrove 15y ago

Hi. That was me. What's odd about a Yahoo! employee using Google+? The point of my "rant" was specifically that it doesn't make any sense to launch a feature like Google+ Pages -- a feature targeted at organizations and groups -- without the ability for those pages to be owned and administrated by more than one user. This ability is fundamental to the usefulness of the feature (and even to the way Google has chosen to market the feature), so the fact that it launched without it is puzzling and frustrating.

pbreit 15y ago
It's odd on a number of levels. First, does Yahoo have anything similar? If yes, use it. If not, why not? Yahoo doesn't even have a blogging or publishing service? Second, unfortunately, Yahoo criticism of Google doesn't resonate well in 2011. The whole thing just comes off as further evidence of some weird problems over in Sunnyvale.
- rgrove 15y ago
  No, Yahoo! does not have anything similar to Google+. Even if Yahoo! did have a similar product, it would be silly for me to restrict my community outreach efforts to that product, ignoring YUI users on Twitter, Google+, and elsewhere. Please go back and look at my Google+ post one more time. Look closely. The name next to it is "Ryan Grove", not "Yahoo!". The profile photo is a sketch of my face, not a Yahoo! logo. The word "Yahoo!" isn't even used in the post. This is not "Yahoo criticism of Google". This is me, Ryan Grove, person, criticizing Google+ Pages. And to be even more clear, I'm criticizing out of frustration because, on the whole, I like Google+ a lot. I wanted to like Google+ Pages as well, but it has fundamental flaws. I'm criticizing it not because I want to hurt it, but because I want it to get better. This is not "evidence of some weird problems over in Sunnyvale". This is my personal opinion, expressed on my personal account, and has nothing to do with any views held by my employer.

by rgrove 15y ago

pbreit 15y ago

It's odd on a number of levels. First, does Yahoo have anything similar? If yes, use it. If not, why not? Yahoo doesn't even have a blogging or publishing service? Second, unfortunately, Yahoo criticism of Google doesn't resonate well in 2011. The whole thing just comes off as further evidence of some weird problems over in Sunnyvale.

rgrove 15y ago
No, Yahoo! does not have anything similar to Google+. Even if Yahoo! did have a similar product, it would be silly for me to restrict my community outreach efforts to that product, ignoring YUI users on Twitter, Google+, and elsewhere. Please go back and look at my Google+ post one more time. Look closely. The name next to it is "Ryan Grove", not "Yahoo!". The profile photo is a sketch of my face, not a Yahoo! logo. The word "Yahoo!" isn't even used in the post. This is not "Yahoo criticism of Google". This is me, Ryan Grove, person, criticizing Google+ Pages. And to be even more clear, I'm criticizing out of frustration because, on the whole, I like Google+ a lot. I wanted to like Google+ Pages as well, but it has fundamental flaws. I'm criticizing it not because I want to hurt it, but because I want it to get better. This is not "evidence of some weird problems over in Sunnyvale". This is my personal opinion, expressed on my personal account, and has nothing to do with any views held by my employer.