Is Google+ is a failure?

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Post by haidrali » Tue, Dec 02, 2014, 6:46 AM UTC

Do you think Google+ is just another failure product of Google just like Google Notebook , Google Buzz etc.

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Post by pkhamre » Tue, Dec 02, 2014, 7:22 AM UTC

If you play Ingress, Google+ is the de facto standard social media for connecting with other players.

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Post by anigbrowl » Tue, Dec 02, 2014, 7:33 AM UTC

No, I think it just attracts a different sort of user from FB.

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Post by ts-jondin » Tue, Dec 02, 2014, 7:42 AM UTC

I'd say G+ is their single sign-on platform in addition to adding social media element beyond that. (This is likely not technically true but from a user point-of-view)

So, google apps and then some, Google+!

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Post by yzzxy » Tue, Dec 02, 2014, 7:58 AM UTC

I believe it is very popular with photographers because it does not butcher images with compression as badly as facebook does.

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Post by KhalPanda » Tue, Dec 02, 2014, 9:12 AM UTC

I think it's a fail in the sense that, I don't (or can't) use it because nobody I know uses it... and many millions of others are in the same boat. They were too late with it in my opinion and the borderline "forced" integration they attempted with YouTube accounts was a poorly executed attempt to counter that.

That said, I do like it a lot as a piece of software. I would definitely (still) use it if it weren't for the lack of network effect.

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Post by l3nz » Tue, Dec 02, 2014, 9:46 AM UTC

To me it looks like it's popular with programmers and tech types; my impression is that more or less nobody else uses it.

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Post by finid » Tue, Dec 02, 2014, 10:13 AM UTC

Usage has dropped drastically over the last 9 months. I think Google will kill it eventually.

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Post by Sarkie » Tue, Dec 02, 2014, 10:19 AM UTC

I don't think so, but it depends on what you expect?

I use G+ before Twitter and I never use FB anymore.

But G+ is more than the social site, its the OAuth login, its the umbrella term, its the Android savegames, its one login.

I think this post says it best about G+.

https://plus.google.com/+MikeElgan/posts/cHdHJy8nKJS

I hope Google doesn't kill G+ as I find it more social than any of the other social networks I'm on.

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Post by hereonbusiness » Tue, Dec 02, 2014, 11:01 AM UTC

I felt bullied into using G+, especially on youtube because of the real name policy, so I mostly avoid it like the plague. Obviously I do have to use a G+ account to log into google services.

It's a failure as far as I'm concerned but Google has stated that they've got what they wanted, unified user accounts and a bunch of real names and personal info. They are probably right, many people I know do have a real name G+ account, but I know almost no one who actually uses "Google Facebook".