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That G+ is likely to fizzle is much less interesting to me than why a company with the might of Google was unable to make it work. I suspect that G+'s seeming
by jordanpg 12y ago
That G+ is likely to fizzle is much less interesting to me than why a company with the might of Google was unable to make it work. I suspect that G+'s seeming fate is not particularly surprising to anyone in the tech sector under the age of 40 or so.
Social media technologies are about as remarkable as email accounts in the year 2015. And switching to G+ is the social media equivalent of switching to hotmail, at least in terms of public perception. And since public perception means a lot in a world where you have about 30 seconds to change minds, the G+ ship sailed several years ago.
- dredmorbius 12y agowhy a company with the might of Google was unable to make it work Social is hard. Really hard. I've mused on that rap a lot myself.
- dougabug 12y agoI'm not sure why G+ should succeed. It's one of those, "Who ordered that?" propositions. I don't understand, does Google want to be all things to all people? I would rather that they brought self driving cars to commercial fruition as soon as possible, rather than try to clone Facebook, Twitter, Amazon or Apple's flagship products. Roll out Google Fiber everywhere, or at least in the Bay Area. Give us something we really need rather than uninspired versions of existing products. Total lack of focus.