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gotta agree more with techcrunch than a groupthink former employee from google. google+ is something people these days joke about, like that service you're for
by autokad 13y ago
gotta agree more with techcrunch than a groupthink former employee from google.
google+ is something people these days joke about, like that service you're forced to sign up to but nobody uses.
yes, they are integrating features to collect data across their platforms, but essentially google+ as something people come to like facebook is the walking dead.
- wambotron 13y agoI haven't heard joking about G+ any more than I have about FB. FB is where you go to have your grandma and aunt write weird messages. G+ is where you go to share photography and travel logs. Sure, people do each of those things on both platforms, but g+ is in no way 'dead' or even close to it just because you don't personally use it.
- smacktoward 13y agoThat's how dire G+'s uptake has been: people don't even care about it enough to make jokes about it.
- thescrewdriver 13y agoThe only time I ever see G+ being used is for random geek blog posts on HN from time to time. Virtually everyone I know is on FB.
- wambotron 13y agoThat's the thing: the people on G+ seem to use it more as a professional networking tool (like LinkedIn without recruiter spam and more flexibility on what you post). I don't have any friends on G+, but I also don't WANT or NEED them on it. I use it to keep up on some tech stuff and look at photos. Facebook and G+, while both being "social networks," function totally differently. Whether google wanted it to be a direct competitor or not, it's just filling a different niche.