Spaces, a tool for small group sharing

Re:Spaces, a tool for small group sharing by ocdtrekkie on Monday May 16, 2016 @11:20AM (#11706860)

So this sounds kinda like Google+ Communities, but detached from Google+? It seems Google is now approaching social as "throw endless piles of new social apps out there until one actually becomes popular". They recently added chat capabilities directly into YouTube and Photos, rather than relying on Hangouts, for example.

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Re:Spaces, a tool for small group sharing by dragonwriter on Monday May 16, 2016 @11:40AM (#11706999)

It seems to really be the strategy that was discussed early on for Google+ which was hampered by the existence of a special G+ app and, moreso, the need for an "enhanced" G+ account: the social layer is tying together existing Google accounts and products, with added social functionality both in the individual products and in new products which tie them together in new ways.

Even FB has given up the "one app to rule them all" approach to social, and Google was never very good at that.

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Re:Spaces, a tool for small group sharing by vertex-four on Monday May 16, 2016 @11:32AM (#11706938)

> It seems Google is now approaching social as "throw endless piles of new social apps out there until one actually becomes popular".

That's precisely what they did before Google+, though.

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Re:Spaces, a tool for small group sharing by liso on Monday May 16, 2016 @11:37AM (#11706971)

I haven't played with Communities much, but as I was reading this I kept thinking it was Google's take on Slack.

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Re:Spaces, a tool for small group sharing by ocdtrekkie on Monday May 16, 2016 @11:47AM (#11707060)

I suppose it depends whether it's more geared towards post-sharing or immediate chat.

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Re:Spaces, a tool for small group sharing by ComodoHacker on Monday May 16, 2016 @11:48AM (#11707066)

Not Just Slack, but also WhatsApp/Telegram/etc.

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