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Google Plus tried fixing that with its "circles" feature. Of course, that never really went anywhere..
by saubeidl 1y ago
Google Plus tried fixing that with its "circles" feature. Of course, that never really went anywhere..
- kevml 1y agoExcellent point. Plus and Wave were ahead of their time.
- positron26 1y agoCircles was a killer feature. And then I never really used it. In hindsight, any SNS begins as a megaphone and if it can't make statements in culture, it doesn't exist. It's not actually about the individuals. Sure, people want to post things, but they want to be feeding into something that does stuff. I don't think Google ever made that case. It was pure chicken and egg with no ice breakers.
- throwawayq3423 1y ago> Circles was a killer feature. And then I never really used it. Then it wasn't a good feature.
- positron26 1y agoThe point is that we weren't looking for social media, so killer SNS features didn't matter. It was a better mousetrap for a market that's deep down motivated by mashed potatoes.
- danlugo92 1y agoIG and others have similar functionality nowadays at least.
- throwawayq3423 1y agoIt never went anywhere because it's an engineer's solution to a social problem.