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Google can try and force Google+ down the throats of every unsuspecting Gmail or YouTube user. But you know what it isn't an authentic sign up. It is "tricking

Google can try and force Google+ down the throats of every unsuspecting Gmail or YouTube user. But you know what it isn't an authentic sign up. It is "tricking the user". And it may work in the short term but it sure as hell won't work in the long term.

VeejayRampay 14y ago
Yeah, I can see that. I don't know about you though, but I've had the feeling that people really are engaging more on Google+ than they were before. And it's a different demographic too, one that I like better. More technical people and more refined discussions. Just my opinion though, nothing about Facebook per se.
- blablabla123 14y ago
  Google+ encourages Blog-style postings. (I don't know how they do it, but it seems natural -- more natural than on FB.) After all Google+ is pretty cool for people who don't want a private life, unfortunately I don't belong to this group.
  - saraid216 14y ago
    They do it by not bringing up the word "friend" everywhere, actually. Compare Wordpress versus Livejournal; the latter is practically a synonym for emo angst, even though there are strong intellectual posts on the site, but the former doesn't have such a connotation. The problem with having a network with your friends is that there's a natural echo chamber that inhibits really high quality discussion. It's not impossible, but it's a lot harder. By touting circles as a way to follow completely random people, smart people who want smart posts will naturally gravitate towards other such people and it causes a network effect: at minimum, lots of sharing; at maximum, heavy duty responses. My favorite circled person in my 2000-odd list is some random academic in Idaho who I saw make a comment one day and decided to add. https://plus.google.com/112482032780181267192/posts https://plus.google.com/112482032780181267192/posts
saraid216 14y ago
How long is a long term? Five years? Ten years?
zenuts 14y ago
is it really that unreasonable for google to integrate their products to create a better use experience for their users? if you don't like that gtfo b/c there are other options for you to survive without google (yahoo, facebook and microsoft)

VeejayRampay 14y ago

Yeah, I can see that. I don't know about you though, but I've had the feeling that people really are engaging more on Google+ than they were before. And it's a different demographic too, one that I like better. More technical people and more refined discussions. Just my opinion though, nothing about Facebook per se.

blablabla123 14y ago
Google+ encourages Blog-style postings. (I don't know how they do it, but it seems natural -- more natural than on FB.) After all Google+ is pretty cool for people who don't want a private life, unfortunately I don't belong to this group.
- saraid216 14y ago
  They do it by not bringing up the word "friend" everywhere, actually. Compare Wordpress versus Livejournal; the latter is practically a synonym for emo angst, even though there are strong intellectual posts on the site, but the former doesn't have such a connotation. The problem with having a network with your friends is that there's a natural echo chamber that inhibits really high quality discussion. It's not impossible, but it's a lot harder. By touting circles as a way to follow completely random people, smart people who want smart posts will naturally gravitate towards other such people and it causes a network effect: at minimum, lots of sharing; at maximum, heavy duty responses. My favorite circled person in my 2000-odd list is some random academic in Idaho who I saw make a comment one day and decided to add. https://plus.google.com/112482032780181267192/posts https://plus.google.com/112482032780181267192/posts

saraid216 14y ago

How long is a long term? Five years? Ten years?

zenuts 14y ago

is it really that unreasonable for google to integrate their products to create a better use experience for their users? if you don't like that gtfo b/c there are other options for you to survive without google (yahoo, facebook and microsoft)