Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers

Re:Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers by pjmorris on Monday October 08, 2018 @01:56PM (#18169691)

Seems to me like PM's would think in the most positive terms about the same issue, e.g. what is the maximum amount of ad space that we can use before users lose interest?

No one would directly attempt to be evil, it'd just turn out that way.

“The truly terrible thing is that everybody has their reasons.” ― Jean Renoir

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Re:Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers by rytis on Monday October 08, 2018 @04:39PM (#18171103)

Socrates agrees: "no one ever knowingly does wrong". :) And a nice essay on the subject: https://midnightmediamusings.wordpress.com/2014/06/24/socrat...

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Re:Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers by oth3r on Monday October 08, 2018 @04:53PM (#18171223)

As a PM, though not one that works at Facebook, I would probably approach it something like, how do we ensure that our users stay interested in the homepage, coming back as often as possible and staying on it as long as possible?

There are lots of other sites competing for attention, and to sacrifice a good UX would be shortsighted, especially with all the “FB is dead” comments people have been making the last few years.

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Re:Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers by btown on Monday October 08, 2018 @04:54PM (#18171231)

And, to be sure, many will justify it by saying "by maximizing this revenue, we're able to provide even more services that people love for free." Is it a Faustian bargain if practically everyone is begging to be Faust?

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