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The next step is standardizing a protocol for inter-social-network communication. Open flow between Google+, Facebook and other small compatible networks and standalone clients :) I hope Google will do the right thing, like they sometimes do. They certainly have the position to do it, and they would be appreciated for that.
http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/
Somehow I don't see facebook implementing that though.
Google Wave poll two years ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=635354
edit: I put it this way in a Google+ conversation: "Wave was a good name. Sometimes it was up, sometimes it was down. And you had to rebuild any time the wave got too big."
Google Wave poll two years ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=635354
Google+ is solving the problem of Facebook not discriminating between your drinking buddies, and your boss. That's a pretty big problem - people get fired or sued over it. The more friends you have on Facebook, the less you want to use it, as you are the victim of overshare (yay, so many food pictures) and can get yourself in trouble too easily. It doesn't scale. I bet Google+ does.
OK, Facebook might just clone Google+'s features. Yay for them. Then it's a platform war. I bet the app developers, after being bitten by Facebook's previous decisions, are going to back Google.
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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
We're working on a startup with an app that functions very similarly to the Sparks feature of Google+. The app will recommend new things for you to read and watch based on your interests (which are stored long-term, but can be ordered, edited, removed). Now that Google+ has a very similar feature in Sparks, I need to think long and hard on whether to continue with the idea. (We are a small team with three developers…
Don't be concerned because Google is competing. Be concerned because everyone I've talked to agrees that Sparks sucks, and is by far the weakest part of Google+.
Your comment would be appreciated.
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 featu…
Facebook is simple?
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'm at gmail dot com.
I know it's closed, but I'd like one in case they open again, thanks a million.