It seems simple, honestly. The likelihood that people will stop using YouTube because of G+ is nil.
Ask HN: Google employees, why is G+ more important than your users?
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Re: Ask HN: Google employees, why is G+ more important than your users?
#12I work pretty high up at Google, and I (obviously) made this account to post in this thread. Google is effectively "dead" in my opinion, and this mirrors (at least in my experience) the feelings of many of our other higher-ups who are concerned with technology rather than the business. Everything has stagnated, it's no longer fun to work here, and it's entirely about making money now. The claims that we don't bend ov…
So they said no in the interview, huh?
Let's not feed the trolls, yeah?
Re: Ask HN: Google employees, why is G+ more important than your users?
#13Somehow I don't think that someone who is a cog in the machine has much say in this.
Maybe he/she is asking the non-cogs. Let's see if they speak up forthrightly, or give us another faux surprise "what the..." post.
Re: Ask HN: Google employees, why is G+ more important than your users?
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
What are you linking to? The only comment about what Gthrowaway1 said is about Gthrowaway1 deleting the comment.
Turn on showdead then scroll down to the bottom.
I see, I've heard Vic is notorious for forcing his own products. But if it's truly an issue, why does Larry allow Vic to exercise so much control? It sounds like the entire executive staff is to blame.
Re: Ask HN: Google employees, why is G+ more important than your users?
#15YouTube comments were already a cesspool. Now, with added "shared via Google+", it has become unbearable. I added this rule in AdBlockPlus to block YouTube comments:
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Turn on showdead then scroll down to the bottom.
I see, I've heard Vic is notorious for forcing his own products. But if it's truly an issue, why does Larry allow Vic to exercise so much control? It sounds like the entire executive staff is to blame.
That is why I posted another comment with a link you should read.
Re: Ask HN: Google employees, why is G+ more important than your users?
#17I work pretty high up at Google, and I (obviously) made this account to post in this thread. Google is effectively "dead" in my opinion, and this mirrors (at least in my experience) the feelings of many of our other higher-ups who are concerned with technology rather than the business. Everything has stagnated, it's no longer fun to work here, and it's entirely about making money now. The claims that we don't bend ov…
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Re: Ask HN: Google employees, why is G+ more important than your users?
#18From what I heard from Google employees, G+ has been highly prioritized over many projects (and some others which closed like google lab, reader, etc.).
Facing the social network giant that is Facebook, G+ has to become successful after many past failures, and to do so, they try to force their way through, and make it ubiquitous.
However, this Youtube chapter was probably a step too far, since very intrusive and noticeable.
Re: Ask HN: Google employees, why is G+ more important than your users?
#19It seems simple, honestly. The likelihood that people will stop using YouTube because of G+ is nil.
I use it a lot less, tbh.
Re: Ask HN: Google employees, why is G+ more important than your users?
#20It seems simple, honestly. The likelihood that people will stop using YouTube because of G+ is nil.
It's quite the opposite for me. I've started moving my stuff off of Google as this was one of the last straws in my book. I'd already switched to using DDG and Startpage for my searches and am currently in the process of moving my Google apps email to my own server. When that's done I plan on deleting my Youtube and Google accounts.
This latest Google+ push has made me realize just how far Google is willing to go to capture more data on their users instead of focusing on providing the best service possible as they used to.