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Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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Post by pekk »

saidajigumi wrote: post #34

> Former CEO Eric Schmidt admitted in an interview at the D conference in 2011 that he missed the boat on the rise of identity on the Internet. > “I clearly knew that I had to do something, and I failed to do it,” he said. “A CEO should take responsibility. I screwed up.” I think Eric screwed up in a deeper way that this quote admits. Google+ came up at a time of broader dissatisfaction with other social networks, pa…

Most Facebook haters could be satisfied. Just not by anything copying the creepy and unethical practices of Facebook.

Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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Post by nostrademons »

raverbashing wrote: post #18
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.

Marissa resigned by e-mail and just didn't come into work that day.

Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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Post by pekk »

libria wrote: post #27
bkurtz13 wrote: post #22

Yes, "he" built Google+ from nothing.

The guy who "built" my house never lifted a hammer. I think our egos can take the abbreviated form of "assembled/managed the team that built G+" in stride. Context, dude.

You paid someone to build you a house. Therefore you built the house! It wouldn't have happened without you to pay, would it?

It's not dishonest, it's just shorthand. Context, dude.

Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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Post by huhtenberg »

jgalt212 wrote: post #25

17 comments (as of this writing), and about 1/3rd are grayed-out due to down votes. Ergo, there are some pretty strong opinions about Vic.

There A LOT of downvoting across all HN threads recently. In every single topic there are comments upon comments that are in gray and barely any actually deserving to be there.

These aggressive downvoting sprees also seem to coincide with that change in HN stewardship from few weeks ago.

Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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Post by encoderer »

saidajigumi wrote: post #34

> Former CEO Eric Schmidt admitted in an interview at the D conference in 2011 that he missed the boat on the rise of identity on the Internet. > “I clearly knew that I had to do something, and I failed to do it,” he said. “A CEO should take responsibility. I screwed up.” I think Eric screwed up in a deeper way that this quote admits. Google+ came up at a time of broader dissatisfaction with other social networks, pa…

My impression was that G+ was stymied by a bad go-to-market strategy. I'm sure the real names issue didn't help, but I'm not certain it had the impact you're suggesting.

Their go to market strategy was essentially the same as the Chinese government-run construction companies that build an entire city from farmland, cut the ribbon and expect a stampede.

Getting it right is complicated and I couldn't do it justice in an HN comment, but generally I think they should've focused on a specific winnable market and grown from there.

Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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saidajigumi wrote: post #34

> Former CEO Eric Schmidt admitted in an interview at the D conference in 2011 that he missed the boat on the rise of identity on the Internet. > “I clearly knew that I had to do something, and I failed to do it,” he said. “A CEO should take responsibility. I screwed up.” I think Eric screwed up in a deeper way that this quote admits. Google+ came up at a time of broader dissatisfaction with other social networks, pa…

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Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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Post by deelowe »

saidajigumi wrote: post #34

> Former CEO Eric Schmidt admitted in an interview at the D conference in 2011 that he missed the boat on the rise of identity on the Internet. > “I clearly knew that I had to do something, and I failed to do it,” he said. “A CEO should take responsibility. I screwed up.” I think Eric screwed up in a deeper way that this quote admits. Google+ came up at a time of broader dissatisfaction with other social networks, pa…

Real Names didn't come from Eric. He was gone by the time G+ rolled out. Vic had a large hand in the real names decision.

Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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Post by mahyarm »

e15ctr0n wrote: post #20

The comments on the Secret app[1] speculate that he might be joining Mozilla, Github or the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins. What if he rejoins Microsoft instead? [1] https://www.secret.ly/p/wxdnkdhjnsocjxwnizhdpacufc

People on secret are one subpoena away from being revealed.

Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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Post by yuhong »

nostrademons wrote: post #39
saidajigumi wrote: post #34

> Former CEO Eric Schmidt admitted in an interview at the D conference in 2011 that he missed the boat on the rise of identity on the Internet. > “I clearly knew that I had to do something, and I failed to do it,” he said. “A CEO should take responsibility. I screwed up.” I think Eric screwed up in a deeper way that this quote admits. Google+ came up at a time of broader dissatisfaction with other social networks, pa…

Eric had already stepped down as CEO at the time the Real Names decision was made. That came from Vic, Larry, and the team leadership.

Yea, I knew it was Vic for a while now. BTW, I wonder if my emails to you helped.
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