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You mad, bro? I don't understand why everyone gets so angry at the idea that Google plus might actually succeeded in some way.

by pkulak 14y ago

ryanhuff 14y ago
I can understand some people being fatigued from companies defining their own metrics to justify success. In some cases, its comical. Google is more susceptible than many to this reaction because of their industry position, and their attempts to reign users of traditionally heterogeneous apps into a more monolithic service. We'll see this again when they finally bring Youtube into G+.
bonch 14y ago
Google has historically used relatively loose metrics to declare Google+ a success, as well as pushed usage of Google+ in controversial ways, and that has made people cynical.
msabalau 14y ago
That's an interesting question. Obviously human beings are more than capable of splitting up into tribes of haters, even in cases such as social media where one can, at no real cost, participate in them all. But, while generally there's less "holy war" drama of this type on HN than you might find on a generic tech news site, on the topic of Google Plus succeeding there seems to be more. My personal (and not particularly charitable) assumption is that in addition to the people who'd normally relish a dispute of this type, there's also a subset of people on HN who feel on some level that their experience as early/heavy Facebook adopters will give them some sort of "leg up" in understanding or creating the future, and if something competes with Facebook, it threatens their "insight". This particular theory aside, it does seem mysterious to me.
drivebyacct2 14y ago
I hate the incantation of "You mad, bro" so incredibly much, but then again, I'm also tired of people who still don't get it. "There's no one on it". Yeah, and if you open a Twitter account and don't follow anyone then it looks like there's no one on it.

You mad, bro? I don't understand why everyone gets so angry at the idea that Google plus might actually succeeded in some way.

by pkulak 14y ago

You mad, bro? I don't understand why everyone gets so angry at the idea that Google plus might actually succeeded in some way.

ryanhuff 14y ago

I can understand some people being fatigued from companies defining their own metrics to justify success. In some cases, its comical. Google is more susceptible than many to this reaction because of their industry position, and their attempts to reign users of traditionally heterogeneous apps into a more monolithic service. We'll see this again when they finally bring Youtube into G+.

bonch 14y ago

Google has historically used relatively loose metrics to declare Google+ a success, as well as pushed usage of Google+ in controversial ways, and that has made people cynical.

msabalau 14y ago

That's an interesting question. Obviously human beings are more than capable of splitting up into tribes of haters, even in cases such as social media where one can, at no real cost, participate in them all. But, while generally there's less "holy war" drama of this type on HN than you might find on a generic tech news site, on the topic of Google Plus succeeding there seems to be more. My personal (and not particularly charitable) assumption is that in addition to the people who'd normally relish a dispute of this type, there's also a subset of people on HN who feel on some level that their experience as early/heavy Facebook adopters will give them some sort of "leg up" in understanding or creating the future, and if something competes with Facebook, it threatens their "insight". This particular theory aside, it does seem mysterious to me.

drivebyacct2 14y ago

I hate the incantation of "You mad, bro" so incredibly much, but then again, I'm also tired of people who still don't get it. "There's no one on it". Yeah, and if you open a Twitter account and don't follow anyone then it looks like there's no one on it.