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Re: Awesome White Pages for Google+

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Post by soundslikeneon »

runevault wrote: post #7
awaz wrote: post #3

The statistics link on the page has the following stats: Male 698,703 (73.70%) Female 234,504 (24.74%) and top occupations: Engineer , Developer , Designer , Software Engineer, Writer , Web Developer , Software Developer, Programmer Exactly what kind of Social Network is it?

I find it fascinating that writer is a top occupation.The other ones aren't surprising but that one kinda stuck out to me.

I don't have any data to back this up, but I wouldn't be surprised if many/most of those writers are tech writers, bloggers and similar. Google were smart about who was let in on the ground floor. 1) People who have strong social graphs (on the internet); 2) People who will actively engage and explore new technology. Sounds like a blogger to me.

Re: Awesome White Pages for Google+

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Post by [deleted] »

runevault wrote: post #7
awaz wrote: post #3

The statistics link on the page has the following stats: Male 698,703 (73.70%) Female 234,504 (24.74%) and top occupations: Engineer , Developer , Designer , Software Engineer, Writer , Web Developer , Software Developer, Programmer Exactly what kind of Social Network is it?

I find it fascinating that writer is a top occupation.The other ones aren't surprising but that one kinda stuck out to me.

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Re: Awesome White Pages for Google+

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Post by awaz »

bartman wrote: post #5
awaz wrote: post #3

The statistics link on the page has the following stats: Male 698,703 (73.70%) Female 234,504 (24.74%) and top occupations: Engineer , Developer , Designer , Software Engineer, Writer , Web Developer , Software Developer, Programmer Exactly what kind of Social Network is it?

Keep in mind that Google+ is currently in field test mode and thus has a special appeal to the computer savvy crowd.

I am fully aware of it. The question is what would create the appeal for the common masses.

Re: Awesome White Pages for Google+

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Post by waterlesscloud »

runevault wrote: post #7
awaz wrote: post #3

The statistics link on the page has the following stats: Male 698,703 (73.70%) Female 234,504 (24.74%) and top occupations: Engineer , Developer , Designer , Software Engineer, Writer , Web Developer , Software Developer, Programmer Exactly what kind of Social Network is it?

I find it fascinating that writer is a top occupation.The other ones aren't surprising but that one kinda stuck out to me.

The pro novelists I know have taken to social media in a strong way. Same with indie filmmakers.

Two reasons, I think. One, obviously, is the opportunity for promotion. But two, these are very lonely professions, and they seem to welcome any excuse for community.

Re: Awesome White Pages for Google+

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Post by jessexoc »

chunkyslink wrote: post #2

According to that there are no people using plus in Australia. Edit: Conroy probably banned it to protect us all.

Works for me: http://www.findpeopleonplus.com/Country-Australia

It was not listed though as it is probably under the threshold to be listed on the side

Re: Awesome White Pages for Google+

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Post by callahad »

nostromo wrote: post #12

Isn't it odd that Larry and Sergey don't seem to be following anyone? If you want to do social right, maybe you should start by really using your product.

Not at all: you can readily restrict the visibility of that information, and it looks like Find People on Plus has opted to render a lack of data as a zero.

From the looks of their actual streams, Larry[0] and Sergey[1] are both active users of Google+:

[0]: https://plus.google.com/106189723444098348646/posts

[1]: https://plus.google.com/109813896768294978296/posts

Re: Awesome White Pages for Google+

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Post by jmitcheson »

awaz wrote: post #14
bartman wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Keep in mind that Google+ is currently in field test mode and thus has a special appeal to the computer savvy crowd.

I am fully aware of it. The question is what would create the appeal for the common masses.

You think the common masses were on facebook in 2004?

Re: Awesome White Pages for Google+

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Post by awaz »

jmitcheson wrote: post #18
awaz wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am fully aware of it. The question is what would create the appeal for the common masses.

You think the common masses were on facebook in 2004?

I mean the initial user distribution was different and then there wasn't a strong competitor. The initial user base was the appeal for the masses.
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