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G+ isn't the social network. G+ is their "social layer" on top of their existing services. When you take a picture on your Android phone, you have likely beco
by ryanhuff 14y ago
G+ isn't the social network. G+ is their "social layer" on top of their existing services. When you take a picture on your Android phone, you have likely become an active G+ user as it uploads the picture to your G+ account. And this is likely extended to all sorts of other products that Google offers, such as Google Pages, Maps, etc. So you can't compare Google+ numbers to Facebook. Many of the user interactions with G+ are so soft that are barely "active".
- lawdawg 14y agoFrom Vic himself: "Today's number of 100m is just on our plus.google.com destination site and the mobile app. Pretty amazing." I'm going to wager that uploading a photo through instant upload doesn't count as using the mobile app.
- paulitex 14y agoYes, I saw Vic interviewed by Guy Kawasaki at SXSW this year and he basically said exactly this. He was counting active users as people who had plus accounts, were logged in, and were using any product with a plus/social component, i.e search. By this metric, I'm an 'active user' (using their search engine) despite having not visited G+ in over 6 months.
- icebraining 14y agoThat's not what he's saying now, though: Vic Gundotra +Andreas Proschofsky the numbers at I/O were google+ users all across Google. So gmail users who used circles, or Android users who plus oned an app etc were included. Today's number of 100m is just on our plus.google.com destination site and the mobile app. Pretty amazing.
- natarius 14y agoI say he lies. I know and talk to people from every part of the globe...and no one there is using it or even does know about it. This is just sad how google embarrasses itself with these obvious fake stats!!
- pkulak 14y agoNo, you're just making things up to try to make Google+ look bad. The only way that photos automatically upload to your account is if you download the Google+ app from the store, sign in, then enable that feature. That sounds like an engaged user to me and exactly the data that should count as an "active" user. I really don't understand the hostility that shows up every time Google+ announces some accomplishment. It seems like the old idea that eating an animal could give you its strength. On Hacker News, dumping on a project makes you better than its engineers, I suppose.
- ryanhuff 14y agoSorry, no. I have no desire to make G+ look good or bad. Also, if I installed the G+ app 6 months ago, and then take a picture of my kid today, there is no explicit intent to engage with G+. Claiming that I "engaged" with G+ is ridiculous. You have to recognize this. This certainly is not the type of "engagement" that they are trying to sell to advertisers or the press.
- tomkarlo 14y ago"When you take a picture on your Android phone, you have likely become an active G+ user as it uploads the picture to your G+ account." Unless you have installed & turned on G+ Instant Upload, this statement is untrue. If you have decided to turn on G+ Instant Upload, it doesn't seem unreasonable to consider those uploads activity.