Why Twitter Should be Very Worried about Google+
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Why Twitter Should be Very Worried about Google+
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#2I've just realized today that I can use Sparks to get the news I'd be interested in finding on Twitter. For example if I look for "antisec" on Spark, I get pretty good new results with a much better signal-to-noise ratio.
Re: Why Twitter Should be Very Worried about Google+
#3I think we all need to appreciate the fact most people use Facebook and/or Twitter because they are agnostic - that is, are not tied or linked to any singular email account. I have a Gmail account - albeit "lay persons" in the tech world - use Yahoo or Hotmail, and sure, some use Gmail [shocking generalization :)]. Most, in some capacity, usually check FB and/or Twitter on their mobiles and website daily. Many do not even "log into Google" to use the search engine [why would they?]
Facebook works. Twitter works. All their friends already exist on it - FB friends list are closed, Twitter's are open. Both do everything they could possibly want it to do "connect to their friends" and "find what's happening in the world". In my mind - it's "Google and Bing" all over. For example, Bing is arguably just as good as Google now yet everyone continues to use Google. Why will Google+ bring about such a "rapid shift" that it will lead to a hemorrhaging of users from Twitter and/or Facebook ?
Google+ - great for technology people who want to "control their data". My friends don't even understand what "exporting data for portability" even means. They use Facebook, see their friends posts, upload photos, check-in to places and they love that. Those that use Twitter do so to find out instant real-time updates and news from around the world. Twitter focus on this and this only - not building and trying to be "everything to everyone".
Facebook will improve their "groups" feature to something similar to Circles and continue to innovative. Twitter will continue to expand as the real-time news service because it is so ingrained in modern culture now. People "tweet" it just like people "Google it" [in the verb sense]. Google+ - is great for "forcing" FB to continue to innovate - but I am still a cynic in relation to it's ability to have such a high incentive draw that users leave FB or leave Twitter "exclusively" - or even "in addition to" - Google+.
[that said, any chance of invite :) email in profile]
edit: Thanks to those that sent an invite. Seems that Google's disabled them :( i.e. there are no links in the sign up emails so there is no way to join. Awesome effort though! Thanks again +1 [pun intended]
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#4I thought Google Wave was Twitter's doom. Then I got to try Wave. I think it's too early to hold a wake for Twitter until everyone can get into Plus.
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#5I've just realized today that I can use Sparks to get the news I'd be interested in finding on Twitter. For example if I look for "antisec" on Spark, I get pretty good new results with a much better signal-to-noise ratio.
Couldn't you get the same thing by searching Google News?
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#6I think if Google+ has a decent set of APIs and doesn't go on a "kill the client" spree, it might be a fairly interesting fight.
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#7author is wrong..
Google Search right now has more users than FB and twitter and linkedin combined..its a direct threat to all not just one and those Google Search users have a network effect as we saw in several past search engines just absolutely just die off due to competition from Google
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#8While I realize it mentioned it in the article, and that it's forthcoming, I'll withhold my opinion of the "threat" to Twitter and Facebook until I see what kind of API they're going to roll out for Google+.
One of the reasons I like the older services is that I can access them via SMS - in fact, Twitter is just about perfect for that use case.
Re: Why Twitter Should be Very Worried about Google+
#9I've just realized today that I can use Sparks to get the news I'd be interested in finding on Twitter. For example if I look for "antisec" on Spark, I get pretty good new results with a much better signal-to-noise ratio.
Couldn't you get the same thing by searching Google News?
I've never really used or liked Google News interface. But they said Google News is just a part of it, since they also show blogs, videos, etc
Re: Why Twitter Should be Very Worried about Google+
#10I've just realized today that I can use Sparks to get the news I'd be interested in finding on Twitter. For example if I look for "antisec" on Spark, I get pretty good new results with a much better signal-to-noise ratio.
Couldn't you get the same thing by searching Google News?
I've never really used or liked Google News interface. But they said Google News is just a part of it, since they also show blogs, videos, etc