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How about a choice for which social circle you'd like to view at one time. We could call it "Circles".

by axus 2y ago

jazzyjackson 2y ago
that would be so wildly popular we could see a Diaspora
- BobbyJo 2y ago
  Maybe it could have page customization features that let you upload html. Have it be a really custom space of your own.
  - paradox460 2y ago
    Could even start to resemble some sort of city
    - cheschire 2y ago
      You would need a ring of people to help navigate around it.
      - jazzyjackson 2y ago
        At that point so much of our lives would start to be recorded digitally the internet could act as a kind of shared memory for the whole community
        paradox460 2y ago
        A living journal of some sort?
        HappMacDonald 2y ago
        pastebin
        Apocryphon 2y ago
        Xanga
    - dotancohen 2y ago
      That might threaten current business models. The angles would set that on fire.
      - paradox460 2y ago
        Would they use tripods like in war of the worlds?
alex1138 2y ago
By far the biggest thing people remember about Google+ was the hamfisting of it (several people lost their Youtube accounts) and yet people also reported that it was otherwise a good experience (compared to the Facebook feed); one thing Google had to contend with was Facebook not offering access to the social graph so they had to build the network effects by a more difficult route eg Facebook replacing people's email addresses, one wonders if it was partly a way to fight Google+ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4151433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4151433
- deleted 2y ago
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- AlchemistCamp 2y ago
  I lost my original YouTube account due to Google+ spawning a new one from my gmail address I’d used to sign up for YT in the early days. It’s been years and I’m still mildly annoyed about losing it.
  - hyperliner 2y ago
    [dead]
  - TeaBrain 2y ago
    Google also spawned a second one for me from my original gmail address, but I still use my original pre-google+ youtube account. After signing in to that google account on any given device, I have the option to switch between the two youtube accounts associated with the email.
    - AlchemistCamp 2y ago
      That must be nice. Was your YT account also from before the acquisition? My original account still exists and my face is in the videos as well but but I have no way to log in and support couldn’t or wouldn’t help me.
      - 2y ago
shawnc 2y ago
Can I just say, the comments that have happened here before mine, have been stellar. Wow. And also, it's so weird to have some nostalgia for all of this now...

How about a choice for which social circle you'd like to view at one time. We could call it "Circles".

by axus 2y ago

How about a choice for which social circle you'd like to view at one time. We could call it "Circles".

jazzyjackson 2y ago

that would be so wildly popular we could see a Diaspora

BobbyJo 2y ago
Maybe it could have page customization features that let you upload html. Have it be a really custom space of your own.
- paradox460 2y ago
  Could even start to resemble some sort of city
  - cheschire 2y ago
    You would need a ring of people to help navigate around it.
    - jazzyjackson 2y ago
      At that point so much of our lives would start to be recorded digitally the internet could act as a kind of shared memory for the whole community
      - paradox460 2y ago
        A living journal of some sort?
        HappMacDonald 2y ago
        pastebin
        Apocryphon 2y ago
        Xanga
  - dotancohen 2y ago
    That might threaten current business models. The angles would set that on fire.
    - paradox460 2y ago
      Would they use tripods like in war of the worlds?

alex1138 2y ago

By far the biggest thing people remember about Google+ was the hamfisting of it (several people lost their Youtube accounts) and yet people also reported that it was otherwise a good experience (compared to the Facebook feed); one thing Google had to contend with was Facebook not offering access to the social graph so they had to build the network effects by a more difficult route eg Facebook replacing people's email addresses, one wonders if it was partly a way to fight Google+ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4151433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4151433

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AlchemistCamp 2y ago
I lost my original YouTube account due to Google+ spawning a new one from my gmail address I’d used to sign up for YT in the early days. It’s been years and I’m still mildly annoyed about losing it.
- hyperliner 2y ago
  [dead]
- TeaBrain 2y ago
  Google also spawned a second one for me from my original gmail address, but I still use my original pre-google+ youtube account. After signing in to that google account on any given device, I have the option to switch between the two youtube accounts associated with the email.
  - AlchemistCamp 2y ago
    That must be nice. Was your YT account also from before the acquisition? My original account still exists and my face is in the videos as well but but I have no way to log in and support couldn’t or wouldn’t help me.
    - 2y ago

shawnc 2y ago

Can I just say, the comments that have happened here before mine, have been stellar. Wow. And also, it's so weird to have some nostalgia for all of this now...