"Microsoft new about it but didn’t care because it had data that showed that feature was just minimally used."
What?
Google is about to learn a tough lesson
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#32If it isn't Google search or Gmail, I'm not making any decisions that depend on it. It's that simple. And frankly, I'm likely moving my email off it as soon as I get some spare bandwidth to find something I like enough. (I really like webmail.)
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#33I guess they're doing everything they can to get everyone to Google+. If they can't bait you, they force you. They want their own Facebook. Probably Blogger will also be phased out as soon as they afford to.
But I don't think the future will belong neither to Google+ nor Facebook. I'm looking forward to a descentralized, user centric platform, that anyone can run on its raspberry pi box at home, that allows you to manage your data however you please.
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#34Google officially lost the "we're not Facebook /Microsoft /Apple [other "evil empire"] company." They have played that game for way too long and many people fell for it. Since Larry Page took over, Google has lost it's soul; now it's just a greedy, money grubbing machine. Nothing is sacred anymore, no matter how much they repeat http://www.google.com/about/company/philosophy/
wait... your saying that because they are discontinuing a product?
I'm not suggesting that google is/isn't evil these days, but I would suggest that there is absolutely no moral aspect to discontinuing a feed reader.
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#35I love Marcello and am a fan, but this is an emotional, not well thought through reaction. The best leaders, the best organizations, the ones that create excellence, are those that are as good at saying no as they are at saying yes. I've worked at a large company. It is easy for outsiders to think "oh, they have infinite resources and can do anything". This is not the case at all. I am not much of a Google fan. I dro…
The best leaders, the best organizations, the ones that create excellence, are those that are as good at saying no as they are at saying yes. Google doesn't say "No." They say "Yes... yes... yes... no! Just kidding! Psych!" I can't tie my personal or corporate strategy to that.
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#36Parts of this post are premised the "influencer" marketing model, but there is at least some research indicating that it might not be as powerful as generally assumed. For example:
* http://misc.si.umich.edu/media/papers/wsdm333w-bakshy.pdf
* http://www.digitaltonto.com/wp-content/uploads/WattsandDoddi...
"Grouped: How small groups of friends are the key to influence on the social web," the book by Paul Adams @ Facebook (http://www.amazon.com/Grouped-groups-friends-influence-socia...), talks a bit about this.
Anecdotally, I've also seen quite a bit of evidence first hand that suggests the impact of influencers is not clear-cut.
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#37An article full of nonsense. Discontinuing Google Reader IS NOT sending a message to enterprises that they should not use Google product for the long term.
Sorry, but your statement needs more to back it up, because the opposing viewpoint has an easy logical justification. Why should companies transfer their core infrastructure onto Google's products if they know Google might decide one day to discontinue them? I know lots of companies rely on and pay for GMail, I'm sure it won't be discontinued anytime soon, but I'm also sure this event puts thoughts in the back of man…
Companies don't run their infrastructure off Google Reader! How can you compare this to gmail? Google makes money off gmail (Companies pay for Google apps) - not Google Reader...
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#39Google officially lost the "we're not Facebook /Microsoft /Apple [other "evil empire"] company." They have played that game for way too long and many people fell for it. Since Larry Page took over, Google has lost it's soul; now it's just a greedy, money grubbing machine. Nothing is sacred anymore, no matter how much they repeat http://www.google.com/about/company/philosophy/
wait... your saying that because they are discontinuing a product? I'm not suggesting that google is/isn't evil these days, but I would suggest that there is absolutely no moral aspect to discontinuing a feed reader.
Yea, looking at OGinparadise's comment history, OGinparadise is the one who posted that Expedia has lowest prices, despite it's problems (I basically just ignore him now): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4965868
Re: Google is about to learn a tough lesson
#40One thing I haven't seen mentioned is how odd it is that google is killing a product likely used widely within Google .
I guess it's a sign of maturity when Google realizes that their own employees are not representative of the general Internet market that Google is targeting.