I really like Google but they lack of human interaction when there is a problem is troubling.
Google Plus Deleting Accounts En Masse: No Clear Answers
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#32I use Google for everything from Google Apps to Google Voice. Given this recent behaviour of Google, I'm doing something wrong. Over the next few weeks, I plan to do the following: 1) Transition my gmail account over to a domain I own. I'll email everyone I know, and change all my known addresses. Thankfully, Google lets me connect via IMAP to retrieve all of this. 2) Move my Google Voice number to my VOIP carrier. T…
Every time I see these posts with alarmists giving bullet-lists of things they are "going to do", it sounds a lot to me like they are trying to threaten Google. Just so you're not surprised and disappointed later, I'll let you in on a secret- they don't care . Even besides the part where they are Google, I have witnessed a long history of complaints to different companies, and the more false bravado and chest- and/or…
If someone owes the bank $1,000, it is that person's problem. If 1,000 people owe the bank $1,000,000 each, it is the bank's problem.
In much the same way, if one user gets upset and stops using Google or Facebook, it is the user's loss, but if millions of users do it, the company is in trouble.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
> ... by the bot ... Just wanted to mention this post: https://plus.google.com/106912596786226524817/posts/A3mStMmX... "we do not take automatic action based on the number of abuse reports submitted for a profile" Also, a real-name suspension only locks you out of Google+, nothing else. A Google TOS violation, however, can cause you to be locked out of your entire Google account.
If the Google spokesman's claim is correct and there really is manual review, it's remarkably shoddy. One of the accounts that's been deleted was recently on the cover of Wired. Another had assembled a page documenting all the people who called her by the pseudonym and posted it on her G+ profile. What kind of training are they giving these reviewers?
The account was not deleted, it was suspended pending review. It has since been reviewed, and reinstated. As to why it was flagged for reviewal, I suspect the other person's comment (that she originally went by the name Adafruit Industries) is correct.
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#34While I don't believe the google account deletion hysterics I did setup dove cot imap to trial hosting my own email. On friday I got an unshakable feeling of keeping all my eggs in one basket. squirrel mail is no gmail replacement but it's good enough so far, and I read mostly via imap
its still not gmail, but i use http://roundcube.net/
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Every time I see these posts with alarmists giving bullet-lists of things they are "going to do", it sounds a lot to me like they are trying to threaten Google. Just so you're not surprised and disappointed later, I'll let you in on a secret- they don't care . Even besides the part where they are Google, I have witnessed a long history of complaints to different companies, and the more false bravado and chest- and/or…
You sir, aren't thinking things through. If you want to risk losing critically important emails because google decided it didn't like your google+ picture, you be my guest. I for one am deleting my g+ account until they fix all this garbage. If they don't, then I won't use it, simple as that. I'm using it for fun, I don't really need it (everyone's on facebook). BTW, let me know if you ever run any companies, I want…
http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
"Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation."
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#36I believe I have woken up in an alternate universe today.
Since when are random Google engineers so absurdly popular that a G+ account suspension is even noticed, let alone reacted to with a flood of tweets, emails, etc?
Being a Google engineer appears to confer a seat at the popular kids' table, now.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
You sir, aren't thinking things through. If you want to risk losing critically important emails because google decided it didn't like your google+ picture, you be my guest. I for one am deleting my g+ account until they fix all this garbage. If they don't, then I won't use it, simple as that. I'm using it for fun, I don't really need it (everyone's on facebook). BTW, let me know if you ever run any companies, I want…
And you sir, are shockingly bitter. That's an uncalled for level of hate.
Really, you're shocked at a hostile reaction when you accuse someone of "false bravado and chest- and/or drum-beating" in a post dripping with condescension? If you're going to dish it out...
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
And you sir, are shockingly bitter. That's an uncalled for level of hate.
Really, you're shocked at a hostile reaction when you accuse someone of "false bravado and chest- and/or drum-beating" in a post dripping with condescension? If you're going to dish it out...
I consider one an accusation and one more of an attack, but you are correct, I was being condescending (I grow oh-so-tired of those posts) If they really are equal I suppose I shall rest.
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#39I believe I have woken up in an alternate universe today. Since when are random Google engineers so absurdly popular that a G+ account suspension is even noticed, let alone reacted to with a flood of tweets, emails, etc? Being a Google engineer appears to confer a seat at the popular kids' table, now.
Skud was actually Internet-famous before being a Google engineer - she was pretty well-known in the Perl and open-source communities before joining Google as part of the Metaweb acquisition:
http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/10173
She wasn't actually at Google all that long - hell, I'm more senior than she was, but I doubt anyone would notice if my G+ account disappeared, because I don't really put myself out there on the Internet (besides HN).
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#40Amazing. Google finally starts to make big advances in the coveted social arena only to shoot themselves in the foot.