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> Let’s use Google+ as an example. Facebook and Twitter are extremely popular services, and have been at or near the top of their categories for over a decade.
by jefftk 4y ago
> Let’s use Google+ as an example.
Facebook and Twitter are extremely popular services, and have been at or near the top of their categories for over a decade.
Google+ was an attempt to challenge them, shut down after it failed without ever becoming anywhere near as popular.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y agoBut still plenty popular - at it's peak it had 200 million users. For comparison, that's nearly 2/3 the population of the USA
- thephyber 4y agoThat metric is very misleading. That is the number of Google accounts that didn’t go through the effort of disconnecting from / opting out of Google+. For a few years, all new accounts were automatically enrolled in Google+. It’s likely an extremely inflated number compared to the number of users that engaged with Google+ social features. Citation: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/01/google-doubles-plus-membership-with-brute-force-signup-process/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/01/google-doubles-plus-...
- ufmace 4y agoI agree with the sibling that that isn't a representative number. I think we'd want to know something related to actual participation - what's the average daily or weekly number of posts or likes or whatever equivalent is in Plus versus Facebook, Twitter, etc.