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Don't buy the "x million use the google+ site regularly every month" number. The number of people who actively use g+ is miniscule. Don't believe me? Put a stat
by durga 13y ago
Don't buy the "x million use the google+ site regularly every month" number. The number of people who actively use g+ is miniscule. Don't believe me? Put a status message on fb and ask how many of them use g+. Or post it on linkedin or email all your contacts.
Pretty much any decent product has a small number of fans. That doesn't make it "successful" by any statistical standards.
- wyclif 13y agoThe number of people who actively use g+ is miniscule [citation needed] Weak sauce, I say. It's readily apparent that they are the #2 social network in terms of actual usage. Put a status message on fb and ask how many of them use g+ Shall I also ask MySpace users how many of them use G+? Seriously, that "ghost town" bullshit simply isn't going to fly. It's been done to death, everybody's heard it, and anybody who is actually, you know, active on Google+ laughs at people who repeat it.
- ianstormtaylor 13y agoThe reason the misconception is still around is because the group of people laughing about the ghost-towners on Google+ is so small to begin with that the general trend never gets corrected. In other words, because it's true ;) PS. I think you're using "weak sauce" incorrectly.
- wyclif 13y agoI think you're using "weak sauce" incorrectly Not at all: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=weaksauce http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=weaksauce
- pscsbs 13y agoGooglers like to think that G+ is one of the biggest social networks. The reason the reported numbers are so high is because now YouTube users have to integrate with G+ and all sorts of Google products funnel users in. These users do one thing, and never use the service again.
- wyclif 13y agoGoogle+ has loads of users who aren't doing that, though. I mean users who are there to use Google+, and not to use YouTube, Google Drive, Gmail, &c.
- simoncion 13y agoWho, other than VCs, actually care about how many folks use a given social network? As long as the people you care to read, and some smattering of other interesting people are on the network, total size doesn't matter. Metafilter is quite successful, but also very, very small.