Ask HN: Google employees, why is G+ more important than your users?

Post by paganel » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 8:48 AM UTC

JasonSage wrote: post #73

dizzystar wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> While I know a lot of people by their online handles, I also know their real name, This can't possibly be true. I easily interact with 100+ people on various platforms. I don't know any of their names. I consider them "friends" in a way, but their real names are wholly irrelevant to me. >> if you're talking to your friends via YouTube No... You are having a discussion about the video. This is certainly not your fr…

>> This can't possibly be true. I would not be so sure. I know at least the first name of most of the people I communicate with exclusively over the internet. Easily over 50 people. Regarding real names being wholly irrelevant, it is true you can get by without knowing somebody's name, but I find that people respond more easily and you can have a more honest, personal conversation if you at least exchange first names…

Post by tjohns » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 8:56 AM UTC

TheLegace wrote: post #86

amasad wrote: post #37

I'd be more concerned when they start forcing G+ on open platforms like the Web and Android. Maybe it's already started with Android KitKat shipping with Hangouts as the default messaging app.

The worst part is I can't even disable it if I am using my another SMS app, so now I have to clear two notifications for my text message and 50% of the time I usually end up in the Hangouts app where I don't want to be. When will this madness stop?

Post by libovness » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 8:58 AM UTC

jmillikin wrote: post #43

libovness wrote: post #35

Don't forget that one of the tacit reasons for G+'s existence is simply to have a reason to encourage G+ buttons on each page for further tracking of what's happening on the internet. Using a single identity helps to reconcile a unique user that help both the advertiser reach "uniques" and for Google to better understand that user's behavior. Back to the point: Google's ethos is to track and analyze as much of what's…

From https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1319578 : > The +1 button isn’t used to track your visits across the web. > Google doesn’t keep a persistent record of your browsing > history as part of the process of showing you a +1 button or > otherwise use the fact that you personally have visited a page > with the +1 button.

Post by dredmorbius » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 9:04 AM UTC

wyclif wrote: post #61

Geee wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Better in what way? G+ has confusing and horrible interface, it's slow, and keeps asking me to import friends every single time I open up the page. That's not 'better product' in my opinion.

Compared to Facebook, it's beautifully designed.

Post by humbledrone » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 9:21 AM UTC

joeyo wrote: post #80

jmillikin wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1319578 : > The +1 button isn’t used to track your visits across the web. > Google doesn’t keep a persistent record of your browsing > history as part of the process of showing you a +1 button or > otherwise use the fact that you personally have visited a page > with the +1 button.

Okay, so the mere _presence_ of the +1 button in a browser doesn't track visits across the web. But when you press the button, "Google receives information about your Google profile, the URL you +1, your IP address, and other browser-related information."