The Plus in Google Plus? It’s Mostly for Google
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Re: The Plus in Google Plus? It’s Mostly for Google
#2This is quite insulting to G+ users to be so easily dismissed and declaring the place a "ghost town".
Deeming the community worthless because it's not as large as Facebook's is ridiculous.
There is also no mention of G+ fulfilling the purpose of an identity layer to tie in Google's offerings under one pictured profile like every other online service launching today.
This attack which lacks any actual news and new developments is seemingly so unprovoked and so mean spirited as to indicate that there is a "google bashing" quota the author is trying to meet.
Re: The Plus in Google Plus? It’s Mostly for Google
#3This is quite insulting to G+ users to be so easily dismissed and declaring the place a "ghost town". Deeming the community worthless because it's not as large as Facebook's is ridiculous. There is also no mention of G+ fulfilling the purpose of an identity layer to tie in Google's offerings under one pictured profile like every other online service launching today. This attack which lacks any actual news and new dev…
Google had an identity layer before G+. Everyone knew that if they signed up for gmail, they had access to calendar and docs. Even if you didn't sign up for gmail first, there was already a concept of a Google account where you activated features like gmail, docs and calendar. G+ plus provides nothing useful, especially since Hangout is a standalone product in people's minds.
Re: The Plus in Google Plus? It’s Mostly for Google
#4This is quite insulting to G+ users to be so easily dismissed and declaring the place a "ghost town". Deeming the community worthless because it's not as large as Facebook's is ridiculous. There is also no mention of G+ fulfilling the purpose of an identity layer to tie in Google's offerings under one pictured profile like every other online service launching today. This attack which lacks any actual news and new dev…
G+ is what people who used to use Google services because they wanted to now have to endure for those same privileges.
Re: The Plus in Google Plus? It’s Mostly for Google
#5This is quite insulting to G+ users to be so easily dismissed and declaring the place a "ghost town". Deeming the community worthless because it's not as large as Facebook's is ridiculous. There is also no mention of G+ fulfilling the purpose of an identity layer to tie in Google's offerings under one pictured profile like every other online service launching today. This attack which lacks any actual news and new dev…
G+ is what people who used to use Google services because they wanted to now have to endure for those same privileges.
Yes, exactly this. I was fine with my Google Account; now I have a Google Social Networking Boondoggle. And the rare times G+ makes a difference in my use of other services, the net effect has been worse (I'm still not over the YouTube thing)
Re: The Plus in Google Plus? It’s Mostly for Google
#6Whereas Facebook is an altruistic service run by the users for the users.
Oh, spare me the breathless reporting on Skynet, please.
Re: The Plus in Google Plus? It’s Mostly for Google
#7Whereas Facebook is an altruistic service run by the users for the users. Oh, spare me the breathless reporting on Skynet, please.
I don't see that suggested anywhere in the article. But maybe I just missed it. Can you please point out where that claim is made?
Re: The Plus in Google Plus? It’s Mostly for Google
#8Whereas Facebook is an altruistic service run by the users for the users. Oh, spare me the breathless reporting on Skynet, please.
Facebook has an opt-in mechanism called "signing up for a Facebook account." G+'s equivalent is "signing up for an unrelated service, possibly as long as a decade ago."
Re: The Plus in Google Plus? It’s Mostly for Google
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
G+ is what people who used to use Google services because they wanted to now have to endure for those same privileges.
Yes, exactly this. I was fine with my Google Account; now I have a Google Social Networking Boondoggle. And the rare times G+ makes a difference in my use of other services, the net effect has been worse (I'm still not over the YouTube thing)
I was fine with my Google account, I am finer with my G+ account. In my view, this makes the Google ecosystem better unified and from a lead generation perspective, more like Facebook.
What? You thought Google or Facebook were software companies? No, those are marketing and advertising companies. Lead generation is their business. The free software is just the foot in the door. And a nice foot it is.
Re: The Plus in Google Plus? It’s Mostly for Google
#10Whereas Facebook is an altruistic service run by the users for the users. Oh, spare me the breathless reporting on Skynet, please.
I don't see that suggested anywhere in the article. But maybe I just missed it. Can you please point out where that claim is made?
I was being absolutely sarcastic about Facebook being run by and for the users. G+ and Facebook are both artifacts of their respective owners' lead generation businesses.