Poll: What do you think of Google+? • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by mailanay » Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 9:45 AM UTC

Google+ has the same buzz and expectation which was associated with gmail when it was first launched (with respect to scarcity of invites). I am based in India (not sure how location matters) and I remember I had to wait a few weeks for someone to invite me to gmail.

If that is some indication, then Google+ looks to be a winner. (I remember how I moved from Yahoo! and Hotmail email to gmail after I finally got the invite).

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

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Post by zeemonkee » Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 9:47 AM UTC

meatmanek wrote: post #25

xd wrote: post #8

With all the hype surrounding google+ it's a crying shame it's not openly available. Within a couple of days my interest will have subsided and it will be nothing but a distant memory .. which I can imagine will be the case for a lot of people. Hopefully if it is any good, it will claw it's way back into the media spotlight, but how many people will try for a second time to sign up. IMHO the invite only plan will kil…

Making it invite-only forces people to talk about it. Gmail's slow launch was done really well, and probably drove interest more than harmed it. If Google handles this well, the same thing could happen for Google+.

You didn't need other people to join gmail.

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

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Post by icebraining » Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 9:48 AM UTC

Small plug: you can see a graph of the results here: http://hackernewspoll.appspot.com/2712967

I did this small service using GAE after seeing so many people manually updating graphs, it's painful. Btw, every poll works, just change the number with the poll id from YCombinator's URL.

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

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Post by tonyskn » Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 9:48 AM UTC

tonyskn wrote: post #50

personalcompute wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Hey, if you've got invites, here's my mail: [redacted]

Just got one, thanks.

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

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Post by danoprey » Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 9:51 AM UTC

From the little I managed to use it I thought it was unbearably slow, then I found out it was the Chinese Government's fault: http://www.penn-olson.com/2011/06/30/google-plus-china/

So if it were fast, I'd use it!

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

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Post by pixpax30 » Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 9:54 AM UTC

I'd love to comment - Ive registered my interest but dont have an invite...if anyone felt kind, my email is in my profile ;)

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

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Post by Kusk » Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 9:55 AM UTC

espeed wrote: post #45

expertmind wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whats your email id.

Mine is in my profile...if you still have one to spare :)

If you got one more invite, I would really like one at anderskusk at gmail com

Thanks!

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

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Post by iamben » Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 10:00 AM UTC

It'd be much more useful if they'd integrated it with Apps accounts prior to launch.

Apps customers still can't create Profiles, never got to use Buzz etc etc, despite being promised Profiles 'in a few weeks' back in March.

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

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Post by pixpax30 » Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 10:03 AM UTC

tonyskn wrote: post #54

tonyskn wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey, if you've got invites, here's my mail: [redacted]

Just got one, thanks.

Me too - pretty please!

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

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Post by bgarbiak » Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 10:04 AM UTC

revorad wrote: post #31

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…

Facebook lists are pretty much useless. Yes, you can hide all your status updates from a selected bunch of people, but if you want to show them a single one you've got to make a bunch of additional clicks and then type in the lists' name (if you can recall it). It seems as if the feature was on purpose crippled so no one would bother to use it. Simplifying the whole process should be quite easy - and that's what Google did (I guess).