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Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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Post by bookwormAT »

[deleted] wrote: post #2

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you mean you had hopes that Google would use a unique account for every application again? Or that they use a different commenting solution in every app?

Sorry but that will never happen. If you're lucky they remove the '+' at some point.

Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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Post by apendleton »

npizzolato wrote: post #10
kingnight wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google+ should have launched secretly and conservatively, instead of big announcement and smash/crash into every feature. There are some aspects of it that are very appealing (mostly the nonsocial ones...) that I find useful, but due to my initial repulsion to the 'major change' I am less likely to invest in using.

The big announcement was fine. The problem is they hardly let anyone in after the big announcement. I remember there being a huge hype for Google+ when it was announced. But almost no one got invites, and those that did couldn't do anything on it so they quickly lost interest. It's hard to get excited about a social network when none of your friends can be a part of it.

Yeah, in hindsight Facebook looks especially clever in terms of how they managed their initial roll-out. Going university by university meant that they got to gradually ramp things up infrastructure-wise, and created the I-want-it-because-I-can't-have-it effect that I think a lot of companies go for with phased roll-outs, invitations, etc., but because any given school would get it all at once, as soon as your school got it, most of your peer group would also get it at the same time, which avoided the chicken-and-egg problem Google+ experienced.

Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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Post by raverbashing »

lewisflude wrote: post #4

Why would someone leave a company immediately if it was under good terms? Or is it just the case that this wasn't public until today?

Because any more time the person remains there is giving information to a potential competitor (and there's no point staying if you don't want to be there anymore)

I think Marissa Meyer gave Google a half hour notice.

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