Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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.

Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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Post by hawase » Thu, Apr 24, 2014, 5:31 PM UTC

How is it an "exclusive"? it's all there in public posts:

Vic: https://plus.google.com/+VicGundotra/posts/MFrDF3W4RJL

Larry: https://plus.google.com/+LarryPage/posts/A2gm48nzitx

Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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Post by macleanjr » Thu, Apr 24, 2014, 5:32 PM UTC

hawase wrote: post #7

How is it an "exclusive"? it's all there in public posts: Vic: https://plus.google.com/+VicGundotra/posts/MFrDF3W4RJL Larry: https://plus.google.com/+LarryPage/posts/A2gm48nzitx

They had the story under embargo... looks like recode posted the same time as Vic did.

Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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Post by whoismua » Thu, Apr 24, 2014, 5:34 PM UTC

"This is a group of people who built social at Google against the skepticism of so many.”

Well, he does have a sense of humor. They sure built it, I see many obscure names ranking on search engines...only to see an G+ empty page (along with a Youtube one--also empty. Looks like the Android signup process.)

Re: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

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Post by npizzolato » Thu, Apr 24, 2014, 5:37 PM UTC

kingnight wrote: post #6

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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.