The Great Google Goat Rodeo

Post by endtime » Wed, May 22, 2013, 9:32 PM UTC

rm999 wrote: post #50

endtime wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you think I wasn't being objective? Or by "objective" do you actually mean the opposite (i.e. that I always have to be critical of Google, which is precisely as objective as never being critical of Google)? We are very critical internally, and I have done my share of criticizing (any Googler can verify this). And if it will make you feel better, personally I do agree with the author's point that Google+ is "ge…

>Or by "objective" do you actually mean the opposite You're being very snarky and assuming the worst in people's comments. Both samspenc and I meant what we said, as most people generally do. Seriously, you've been less civil than you may realize. What do I mean by objective? You downvoted a comment that is actually pretty standard/common here ("I liked this article because X"). I can only imagine you acted this way…

>I can only imagine you acted this way because you are biased towards the topic

This is exactly what I'm objecting to.

>you broke downvoting protocol either way

How did I break protocol if I am not (as you claim) lying?

Post by mynewwork » Wed, May 22, 2013, 9:53 PM UTC

lawdawg wrote: post #21

Intermernet wrote: post #18

This is probably an unpopular point of view, but: I actually agree with author (despite his going into a rant in the latter part of the article) about the horribleness of needing a Google+ account to interact with most of Google's services these days (I'm wondering if any clueless fool in their marketing/sales dept. has suggested G+ login for search yet...), but I actually quite like Google+ . It's, IMHO, miles in fr…

It astonishes me that people don't have an issue with this: > I need a Google account to interact with most of Google's services these days. but seem to have major issues with this: > I need a Google+ account to interact with most of Google's services these days. Why do people have such a hard time accepting that Google+ accounts are a natural progression of Google's account management (and eventually will replace th…

I have a hard time accepting it, because it's not a 'natural progression' at all, it's forcing me into a headache I don't want.

Gmail is the best free email, and GTalk was convenient instant messaging. Both great, I used them daily. Using these services doesn't imply that I want a public profile, that I want a social network, that I want to share anything or that I want the constant hassle of setting privacy settings, then resetting them every month when they change or new features are added which I'm auto-enrolled into.

I don't want searching for my name to show a Google+ profile. I don't want videos I've watched, articles I've read or links I've clicked to appear in a stream/wall/circle/feed. I've had to go through facebook's privacy settings a dozen times because they keep changing or adding features which default all users to maximum-sharing. Google is too important for me to have to worry about accidentally broadcasting all my interactions with various google services to the world or my contacts.

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