8-28-2011 Google+ becomes obsolete

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Google+ becomes obsolete

Looks like facebook 'pulled a google' and stole the one interesting/useful feature from google+

Now i have no reason to continue to use google+ as not many people i know have moved over to it anyways...

... and besides, google knows enough about me without me telling google+ about my daily life as well.
 


I see more and more websites adding a Google+ button to their pages but the truth is that visitors and not using it. I still see Facebook Likes getting used as usual. It will eventually fade away in the horizons.
 
i have heard a lot of people who are concerned that Goog already knows too much. They spider their emails looking for keywords so they can serve you relevant ads etc. now everyone is going to provide similar info on G+. Not sure how I feel about it yet. I'm not an alarmist about my info, but sometimes...they just have too much.
 
Truth is, I didnt use my Google + account even once after i joined through the invite. Its that "not important" for me. Besides none of my friends are on it. As you said, they already know way too much about us. Good to see FB killed their most prime selling point
 
was thinking about this the other day and think google have blown it with plus. a failure to follow up on there earlier launch momentum for me. even the tech guys i know that were interested early on have slinked back to facebook. fact is fb have the users i want to interact with already. now if they just add groups.. game over
 
Yeah nice try google. The big G will not be happy until he has taken over the entire net.
 
Zotty said:
Yeah nice try google. The big G will not be happy until he has taken over the entire net.
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and your life. In a few years, they will be automatically be able to send a PING to their "Shit servers", the moment u start shitting so they can track your activity and later serve some "stop stomach upset" ads.
 
Google should stop trying to compete in this market - they will NEVER be as good as the established order, they should concentrate on things they are good at... what is that anyway?
 
The problem with Google+ is they did it all wrong. You can not just launch a social network and invite tech guys to invite other tech guys. OMG doors open, everyone is not going to rush in. That shit needs to be pre-populated.

If any of you recall Facebook was for college campuses ONLY. When I joined Facebook was my college only and you couldn't even have friends at other schools. The Facebook ads (flyers) were just ads about rush week and local school stuff. When you think something is exclusive to your college it makes it cooler. "Your school was picked to beta test Google+!"

At this level it is easier to get people to join, its controlled. All you need to do is get enough people to join at the school and when people meet new friends (at school) odds are they will already be there. When its down to 50k people all at the same place its easier. Facebook did this 7yrs ago at my school, after they had most major colleges set up they connected them. You now have a database that contains TONS of college kids from all over the country.

Its an easier sell then, look parents all of your kids are on this thing! Look younger kids all of your old brothers, friends, and people you think are cool are on there! Continue adding the new freshman into the system, let the older kids age into 30 somethings.

Why was google to stupid to figure this out is beyond me. It was like asking us all to join a dating site with no members.
 
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You forgot the video conferencing capabilities. (5+ people watching a presentation at the same time)
No you can't do this with the skype chat on facebook.
 
taktikz said:
You forgot the video conferencing capabilities. (5+ people watching a presentation at the same time)
No you can't do this with the skype chat on facebook.
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I didn't forget it. It is just irrelevant. You act like there is a huge demand for that. There isn't. Plus - Webex, GoToMeeting, iChat, Cam sites, etc... they own that market.

Google+ as a social network is irrelevant. It just won't continue to grow.

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BeerNuts said:
Why was google to stupid to figure this out is beyond me. It was like asking us all to join a dating site with no members.
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BeerNuts said:
The problem with Google+ is they did it all wrong. You can not just launch a social network and invite tech guys to invite other tech guys. OMG doors open, everyone is not going to rush in. That shit needs to be pre-populated.

If any of you recall Facebook was for college campuses ONLY. When I joined Facebook was my college only and you couldn't even have friends at other schools. The Facebook ads (flyers) were just ads about rush week and local school stuff. When you think something is exclusive to your college it makes it cooler. "Your school was picked to beta test Google+!"

At this level it is easier to get people to join, its controlled. All you need to do is get enough people to join at the school and when people meet new friends (at school) odds are they will already be there. When its down to 50k people all at the same place its easier. Facebook did this 7yrs ago at my school, after they had most major colleges set up they connected them. You now have a database that contains TONS of college kids from all over the country.

Its an easier sell then, look parents all of your kids are on this thing! Look younger kids all of your old brothers, friends, and people you think are cool are on there! Continue adding the new freshman into the system, let the older kids age into 30 somethings.

Why was google to stupid to figure this out is beyond me. It was like asking us all to join a dating site with no members.
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Right on the money. +rep
 
I wish facebook would put their time and money into creating an android app that actually works. Seriously, how does something with so much fucking money fuck up something as simple as a mobile app?

At least my google+ app and google huddle work perfectly.

Also, nobody has mentioned the huddles. That's one of my favorite features of plus (it is considered part of plus, correct?). As far as I'm aware, facebook doesn't have anything like that right now.
 
And remember this is google's third failed attempt at creating a social network... they were trying to compete with MySpace when it was hot
 
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