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> it's got less users than FB. It's like a cellphone that you cant call anyone with. No one really cares if it's 1000 times easier to use if you can't call you

by fleitz 13y ago

> it's got less users than FB. It's like a cellphone that you cant call anyone with. No one really cares if it's 1000 times easier to use if you can't call your friends. They took something benign but useless and made it non-consensual. Google+ is now the equivalent of all the cable channels you didn't want but your cable co made you buy anyway. I was an early adopter of G+ because I didn't like the heavy handed BS from FB. I still begrudgingly use FB because alot of my friends are on it.

freehunter 13y ago
I use G+ because none of my friends are there. I'm able to hear from interesting or influential voices of people who choose to blog or share on G+. Since there's little danger of my mom, my pastor, or my boss wishing to be friends with me, I can feel freer to speak my mind as well. To me, G+ having a niche audience is a feature.
- alexanderh 13y ago
  I totally agree. Its like twitter with no character limit. And instead of celebrities and famous people, its intellectuals, academia and influential people in tech that you can follow. People hate on Google+ way too much without even really giving it a fair chance. Its very useful and flexible, it is what you make of it.
- zaidf 13y ago
  To me, G+ having a niche audience is a feature. That's not a feature, it's a bug that google is trying to fix by shoving g+ down everyone's throat.
  - ryanhuff 13y ago
    I guess one man's bug can be another man's feature.
21echoes 13y ago
completely valid point (which i addressed in my comment), but also completely separate from your initial complaint of "why not make it usable?"?
AlexMax 13y ago
> It's like a cellphone that you cant call anyone with. No one really cares if it's 1000 times easier to use if you can't call your friends. And now you know why they're unifying their account system under Google+. Being able to include everyone who has ever had a YouTube or GMail account in their social network means that suddenly, people you know _are_ on Google+. This is nothing new. This is basically the sequel to the YouTube -> Google Account transition that happened a few years ago, except this time it's in a post Google Reader shutdown world so Google is no longer the darling of Hacker News and Reddit commenters.

by fleitz 13y ago

freehunter 13y ago

I use G+ because none of my friends are there. I'm able to hear from interesting or influential voices of people who choose to blog or share on G+. Since there's little danger of my mom, my pastor, or my boss wishing to be friends with me, I can feel freer to speak my mind as well. To me, G+ having a niche audience is a feature.

alexanderh 13y ago
I totally agree. Its like twitter with no character limit. And instead of celebrities and famous people, its intellectuals, academia and influential people in tech that you can follow. People hate on Google+ way too much without even really giving it a fair chance. Its very useful and flexible, it is what you make of it.
zaidf 13y ago
To me, G+ having a niche audience is a feature. That's not a feature, it's a bug that google is trying to fix by shoving g+ down everyone's throat.
- ryanhuff 13y ago
  I guess one man's bug can be another man's feature.

21echoes 13y ago

completely valid point (which i addressed in my comment), but also completely separate from your initial complaint of "why not make it usable?"?

AlexMax 13y ago

> It's like a cellphone that you cant call anyone with. No one really cares if it's 1000 times easier to use if you can't call your friends. And now you know why they're unifying their account system under Google+. Being able to include everyone who has ever had a YouTube or GMail account in their social network means that suddenly, people you know _are_ on Google+. This is nothing new. This is basically the sequel to the YouTube -> Google Account transition that happened a few years ago, except this time it's in a post Google Reader shutdown world so Google is no longer the darling of Hacker News and Reddit commenters.