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The launch for google+ was so upsetting and disappointing. I oh so badly wanted to tell my friends/family to join me on it, but I didn't care enough to make an
by RegEx 14y ago
The launch for google+ was so upsetting and disappointing. I oh so badly wanted to tell my friends/family to join me on it, but I didn't care enough to make an account separate from my google apps account, which were restricted from google+ for quite a while. I know I'm an incredibly small fish in a big pond, but I believe a significant percentage of google apps users would have gladly evangelized for google.
- markkanof 14y agoWas the product itself really so disappointing, or was it more that people have just grown tired of social networking? It seems like Facebook may just be coasting on momentum and when Google+ arrived people just didn't have any motivation to sign up for yet another social network.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoI think the biggest problem with google+'s launch was not the product or that people have grown tired of social networking, but the launch itself. First, they screwed up support for google apps users which is a huge mistake, that is the core of the most dedicated and tech savvy google supporters, alienating them on launch was a disaster. Second, the slow rollout through limited and controlled invitations was unhelpful for a service of that sort. If they had scaled up earlier the launch would have gone much better.
- RegEx 14y agoI made no mention of the product itself. InclinedPlane below further elaborates.