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When we look back a few years from now to see where google went wrong, it'll begin and end with Google+. It is the worst product execution and strategy in recen
by badclient 13y ago
When we look back a few years from now to see where google went wrong, it'll begin and end with Google+. It is the worst product execution and strategy in recent times.
- roc 13y agoI'd go back a little further, when the ads first started to overpower the search results. In retrospect, Buzz might have been their last classically-Googly project.
- Miyamoto 13y agoHoly sensationalism batman! I know HN loves its sensationalism, but wow.
- gamache 13y agoName another time that Google spent years putting its entire weight behind something no one wanted.
- cleverjake 13y agoGoogle Wave.
- product50 13y agoEntire weight behind Google Wave! I think you got that wrong, chief. Also, it was killed in 1 year: http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/04/wave-goodbye-to-google-wave/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/04/wave-goodbye-to-google-wave...
- cleverjake 13y agoAfter spending years developing it.
- brymaster 13y agoGoogle Buzz?
- sliverstorm 13y agoAndroid? Everybody loves it now, but I remember most people saying, "I just don't see why we need this"
- baddox 13y agoEither that, or it's a perfectly fine social network I use routinely to stay in touch with several friends who don't use Facebook or Twitter.
- badclient 13y agoIf a such a highly publicized Google product is only used by "several friends" years after launch, it should be killed--not spammed more into the faces of users that do not want it.
- BitMastro 13y agoLike Google Reader? /ducks
- badclient 13y agoEven then, I bet Google Reader had a higher happy user to pissed user ratio than Google+.
- bsullivan01 13y agoYeah, Google was pushing Reader on every opportunity they could and still was a wasteland.
- baddox 13y agoThe "several friends" I contact through Google+ are actual friends that I actually contact routinely, unlike the vast majority of the 200 or so friends I have on Facebook. Maybe I'm just unpopular, but I don't have more than a dozen actual close friends that I communicate with routinely.
- pjbrunet 13y agoMaybe he's talking about the ads, not plus. If the recommendations are just for people in your "friends" circle this recommendation engine has minimal impact. And just because I circle some people in Plus doesn't mean I want to see their recommendations.
- devindotcom 13y agoI agree. I wrote a long thing about that a while back: http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/26/google-the-charge-of-the-like-brigade/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/26/google-the-charge-of-the-li... It really is just a single monumental mistake, everything about Google+ except for the product itself, which was always high quality (but the wrong product to begin with).
- badclient 13y agoMy problem with Google+ is that it's designed to trick people into sharing stuff. It's made me paranoid that anything I watch on YouTube or a story I read via Google News may end up in some stream I dont even know exists. (OT: I just pitched you a story to your email:)
- mythz 13y agoI've moved our Open Source Community to a Google+ Community, I've personally found it's the best way to communicate and share content, news and announcements which ended up being much more engaging, interactive, visible and functional than everything else I've tried. It encourages a better community feeling than the 140 chars allows for on Twitter, the content posted ends up being a lot more interesting, richer and more positive than the constant dump o' hate I see in my Tweet stream. Personally I'd prefer more ex-bloggers start posting on G+ than micro blogging their opinions on Twitter
- frewsxcv 13y agoDid you consider switching to a subreddit?
- mythz 13y agoNope, I prefer G+'s insistence on dealing with real people rather than anonymous aliases - IMO it's part of the reason I see a lot less hate on G+. It's also nice to have the option to privately msg and hangout whenever we need to.
- rhizome 13y agoTwitter is your counterpoint? What else did you consider?
- mythz 13y agoWe've moved from a mailing list which was a black-hole for Content with very poor discoverability, and despite having many members was mostly read-only/ignored with just the same small group responding. We're now directing future support questions to StackOverflow. Many people were using GitHub issues to communicate, but this was primarily only seen by the Core team and effectively invisible to the wider community. We see much more engaging and visible feedback on G+, people frequently comment on posts, +1 and re-share.
- eranation 13y agop.s. Facebook have this for years. this is how to opt out: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads§ion=social&view https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads§ion=social&vie... (select "Pair my social actions with ads for - No one") Article about it: http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2013/01/21/facebook-is-recycling-your-likes-to-promote-stories-youve-never-seen-to-all-your-friends/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2013/01/21/faceboo... There were several HN posts on this as well will update once I find them...