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I'm not so sure it's wise to call G+ a "dead" social network. According to recent research by Pew, it's more popular than Twitter and just as popular as LinkedI

I'm not so sure it's wise to call G+ a "dead" social network. According to recent research by Pew, it's more popular than Twitter and just as popular as LinkedIn. http://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/section-2-social-media-political-news-and-ideology/ http://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/section-2-social-media-...

frostmatthew 12y ago
Depends how they define "use" - as this article[1] points out "Technically, tons of people use Google+, since logging into it gives you access to Gmail, Google Drive, and all of Google's other apps." If the numbers there are right and only 4-6 million people are using it as a social network it isn't very surprising that Google would be "giving up on pitching Google+ as a social network" [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happened-to-google-plus-2015-4 http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happened-to-google-plus-...
barrkel 12y ago
It's currently impossible to create a Youtube playlist without a G+ profile. Every time I want to create a new playlist, I create a new G+ profile, then delete it immediately afterwards. It is tedious. I'm sure many other people, when faced with roadblocks like these, create a do-nothing profile but don't bother deleting afterwards.
- dools 12y ago
  I made this a few years ago: http://www.cueyoutube.com/ http://www.cueyoutube.com/
- hackuser 12y ago
  > I'm sure many other people, when faced with roadblocks like these, create a do-nothing profile but don't bother deleting afterwards. Or don't use playlists and find other websites.
  - rjaco31 12y ago
    It's pretty hard to find as much content as Youtube elsewhere, from experience all the youtube-wannabe websites have tremendously less content. Or do you have a link?
- fredsted 12y ago
  Try this for youtube playlists: http://instadj.com http://instadj.com
- flipp3r 12y ago
  Even better, Google is deprecating the OpenId login to push Google+; the new OAuth login _requires_ you to have a Google+ account. So if you use your Gmail for say StackExchange, get ready for your Google+ page!
  - jordanthoms 12y ago
    I don't think this is true. Google is pushing Google+ login, but you can use that without a Google+ account, and the normal OAuth2 login is still around and not being depreciated.
- Nemcue 12y ago
  https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl Just sayin'..
_pmf_ 12y ago
LinkedIn and Google+ have all the appeal of filling out tax forms.

frostmatthew 12y ago

Depends how they define "use" - as this article[1] points out "Technically, tons of people use Google+, since logging into it gives you access to Gmail, Google Drive, and all of Google's other apps." If the numbers there are right and only 4-6 million people are using it as a social network it isn't very surprising that Google would be "giving up on pitching Google+ as a social network" [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happened-to-google-plus-2015-4 http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happened-to-google-plus-...

barrkel 12y ago

It's currently impossible to create a Youtube playlist without a G+ profile. Every time I want to create a new playlist, I create a new G+ profile, then delete it immediately afterwards. It is tedious. I'm sure many other people, when faced with roadblocks like these, create a do-nothing profile but don't bother deleting afterwards.

dools 12y ago
I made this a few years ago: http://www.cueyoutube.com/ http://www.cueyoutube.com/
hackuser 12y ago
> I'm sure many other people, when faced with roadblocks like these, create a do-nothing profile but don't bother deleting afterwards. Or don't use playlists and find other websites.
- rjaco31 12y ago
  It's pretty hard to find as much content as Youtube elsewhere, from experience all the youtube-wannabe websites have tremendously less content. Or do you have a link?
fredsted 12y ago
Try this for youtube playlists: http://instadj.com http://instadj.com
flipp3r 12y ago
Even better, Google is deprecating the OpenId login to push Google+; the new OAuth login _requires_ you to have a Google+ account. So if you use your Gmail for say StackExchange, get ready for your Google+ page!
- jordanthoms 12y ago
  I don't think this is true. Google is pushing Google+ login, but you can use that without a Google+ account, and the normal OAuth2 login is still around and not being depreciated.
Nemcue 12y ago
https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl Just sayin'..

_pmf_ 12y ago

LinkedIn and Google+ have all the appeal of filling out tax forms.