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Poll: What do you think of Google+?

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Re: Poll: What do you think of Google+?

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Post by revorad »

patio11 wrote: post #18

I do not have a Google+-shaped hole in my life right now. If a) it starts to matter to non-technical Internet users and b) they tie it into search heavily (which is the Google go-to playbook for promoting properties of strategic importance), I will start caring with alacrity.

Just watch as your friends and family drag you through the don't-need-it wall carving a Google+ shaped hole.

Google+ will succeed because it's an exact clone of Facebook, but faster, more open to search engines (shocking!), integrated right into Gmail and makes it easier than Facebook to spam people.

The feature which Google is claiming to be the revolutionary new thing (Circles) has already existed in Facebook for a long time (lists and I've been using them). The problem with Facebook lists is that they are hidden, so most people don't know about them or can't be bothered to create them.

At first I thought Circles will fail like lists because it's too much work. But after playing with it for a few seconds, I realised Circles is going to be a huge win. Why? Because it's too much work and people LOVE wasting time on the internet. And it's fun dragging and dropping people into circles.

Whether you're a techie or not, you already know how to use Google+. Even if you want to avoid it, you won't be able to for long because it's going to be everywhere you go from now on.

Excuse the awful pun, but this thing's a vicious Circle.

Re: Poll: What do you think of Google+?

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Post by necubi »

I find I miss the simplicity of Facebook to a degree. With plus, it's not really clear who I'm sharing what with at any given time, or what the relationships I've set up are. Facebook has one kind of relationship (1-1) and one kind of sharing (to your friends or to everybody, depending on how your security settings are configured).

It's also missing a number of essential (at least for college students) facebook features, like events and richer profiles.

I'm playing with it for now, but I don't think I can manage two social networks and since nearly all of my friends are on Facebook it's not hard to choose one. Maybe some day that will change, but network effects augur otherwise.

Edit: I should note that hangouts are seriously cool, and they might be reason enough for people to start using it.

Re: Poll: What do you think of Google+?

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Post by JonnieCache »

xd wrote: post #30
Blarat wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I haven't seen any hype surrounding google+ except for HN and other similar communities. I don't think the regular FB user is even aware that google+ is in testing phase, or that google is even working on anything like it. Heck, how many have heard of google wave outside of the geek circle?

For the UK the BBC news, daily mail, the sun etc to name a few are running the story.

Yeah, add the guardian to that. I think most outlets are talking about it.

Suspense is all very well, but Google really need to let us in soon or they're going to miss out on the wave of free hype.

Anyone who fancies sending me an invite, my email is jonnie at cleverna dot me

Re: Poll: What do you think of Google+?

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Post by redthrowaway »

praptak wrote: post #29
patio11 wrote: post #18

I do not have a Google+-shaped hole in my life right now. If a) it starts to matter to non-technical Internet users and b) they tie it into search heavily (which is the Google go-to playbook for promoting properties of strategic importance), I will start caring with alacrity.

"I do not have a Google+-shaped hole in my life right now." Neither do I but the only hope for G+ is not plugging known holes - FB does that already. They need to create new possibilities instead.

Facebook didn't really create anything new when it launched, it was simply less annoying and more grown up than myspace. I'm already a heavy user of the Google stack (gmail, docs, maps, translate), so if G+ offers me a way to better integrate that while getting away from facebook's annoying immaturity, I can see myself as a regular user. What facebook does have right now is a reason to check it multiple times a day. G+ will get that if a lot of my friends start using it, but it doesn't appear to have that draw yet.

Re: Poll: What do you think of Google+?

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Post by dscape »

I don't care about it. Facebook is fine for my family to talk to me and see pictures. I don't use anything else on it.

As for social tools twitter is ok.

Now can we have github replace twitter and have that timeline do something for us devs - now that would be awesome

Re: Poll: What do you think of Google+?

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Post by obelix »

If you need an invite, please email me at lists at anands dot net. I have a few, will add you all when they re-open invite feature.

Please say Google+ in the subject and it would be helpful if you spell out your email in the body.

I will add it once they re-open invite.

https://plus.google.com/107117483540235115863/posts/PhJFJqLy...

Re: Poll: What do you think of Google+?

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Post by redthrowaway »

personalcompute wrote: post #23
JoeyRJ wrote: post #12

From what I can see (From demos, no invite yet, got one? :( ) Google got alot of things right that Facebook got wrong. Mostly concerning privacy and sharing. Now, like most people say, Facebook has all these settings to share stuff with the people you want to share with, but my problem is that the whole security settings thing is a MESS! If google can do that right, while providing a better android app than FB does,…

Can't invite you w/o contact information. Add an email to your bio.

I'd actually really appreciate an invite if you have any to spare.
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