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Poll: What do you think of Google+?
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#122Re: Poll: What do you think of Google+?
#123I 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…
I see it exactly the other way around. Google+ has a very clear method of publishing to a subset of your contacts, unlike facebook.
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#124So far I like it. I feel that Facebook benefited from people's curiosity to add everybody they'd ever encountered over the course of their lives to see what they're up to today. Google+ will likely benefit from a better-curated collection of connections that are added in a more though-through manner. With Facebook it was neat to see what somebody I knew in middle-school is up to now, but really there's no reason for me to add them on new social networks going forward. And I think part of that curation of connections is what makes a social network increase in value.
Good job Google.
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#125Maybe add an option for "haven't got an invite yet" update: got one :)
love an invite - email is in profile
:)
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#126If 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...
FWIW, I have created a HN stream and added ~40 of you who sent emails. You should be able to signup to google+ using that. If it tells you to retry later, please do that. It works - eventually.
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#127We'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…
If you're a startup building another social network, I think the question to ask yourself is: what's our business model? Unless you are well connected in the valley, have insane traction already, have boatloads of cash, don't like or need money or are doing it for charity, it's not a startup, it's just a hobby . I think the smart thing to do now is ride the social networking wave and build something on top of it. Thi…
No, we're not building another social network.
This will be an app to help people follow their favorite topics. Think RSS, but filter by topics instead of websites. Or think Reddit, but with only links on your favorite topics. (The topics can be more fine-grained and flexible than putting existing subreddits together.)
Of course, there will be social components on it, but the key functionality is the links to interesting articles/videos/books instead of chattering with your friends.
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If you're a startup building another social network, I think the question to ask yourself is: what's our business model? Unless you are well connected in the valley, have insane traction already, have boatloads of cash, don't like or need money or are doing it for charity, it's not a startup, it's just a hobby . I think the smart thing to do now is ride the social networking wave and build something on top of it. Thi…
No, we're not building another social network. This will be an app to help people follow their favorite topics. Think RSS, but filter by topics instead of websites. Or think Reddit, but with only links on your favorite topics. (The topics can be more fine-grained and flexible than putting existing subreddits together.) Of course, there will be social components on it, but the key functionality is the links to interes…
Can I try it? If there was something good like this, I would probably use it.
Sparks doesn't do anything interesting right now. It's like Google search results but from a tiny subset of the web, so at least right now, you need not worry about it.
Re: Poll: What do you think of Google+?
#129From 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,…
please send me an invite: vzhou218@gmail.com
Re: Poll: What do you think of Google+?
#130My only fear with the invite only launch is that Facebook will have enough time to announce some of it's own changes before people get an invite to Google+. Although Facebook users are unlikely to (attempt to) delete their account unless google+ gains huge popularity. Google+ may just become a compliment for must Facebook users who use circles for their inner circles (perhaps family or co-workers). With hangouts I personally would only video chat with a select group of people falling into three circles, close Friends, family, and for work. But in the end those small groups will overlap with other circle to create one circle including everyone. Let's just hope the transition to google plus happens quickly and smoothly.