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People are slowly leaving Facebook as they seek out more privacy control. Obviously Facebook still dominates the world of social networks, but there's a lot of
by nilkn 13y ago
People are slowly leaving Facebook as they seek out more privacy control. Obviously Facebook still dominates the world of social networks, but there's a lot of friction involved in this aspect of it.
So what does Google decide to do? They decide to follow in the footsteps of Facebook and replicate all the same privacy problems, so not only are people going to leave G+ due to changes like this, but people aren't even going to be compelled to sign up unless more or less forced to do so.
This is not innovation. It's repeating the mistakes of others in exchange for a quick short-term profit.
- c0ur7n3y 13y ago"It's repeating the mistakes of others in exchange for a quick short-term profit." That's basically the definition of modern business.
- nilkn 13y agoGoogle started out by doing the opposite: looking at other search engines, seeing specifically where they fell short, and then correcting those faults. I don't think Google is evil for what they're doing with Google+. I think they're uninspired. They're not doing anything new, just repeating what others have done hoping to jump onto a bandwagon. Some minor Google+ tricks, like circles, are nice, but they don't address any of the reasons why someone might actually leave Facebook. This practice has often proven to make a quick buck, but has rarely proven to be sustainable.
- threeseed 13y ago> People are slowly leaving Facebook as they seek out more privacy control. No they aren't. This is just baseless nonsense.
- nilkn 13y agoYou probably read far too much into my statement and ignored the one following it as well. You probably also ignored the word "slowly." There was nothing sensationalist about what I wrote. People generally don't leave Facebook, but when they do, privacy concerns are one of the frequently voiced reasons.