Dear Google: You Can’t Threaten People Into Being Social

Re:Dear Google: You Can’t Threaten People Into Being Social by mathewi on Friday April 08, 2011 @06:17PM (#2425817)

I think the problem with this program is that it's tied not to the success of the company itself -- which everyone has a stake in -- but the success of social features with which many people at Google probably aren't even involved, and over which they have no control.

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Re:Dear Google: You Can’t Threaten People Into Being Social by zipdog on Friday April 08, 2011 @06:25PM (#2425841)

Perhaps the idea is that the Google employees will suddenly feel compelled to get all their family and friends to use the social stuff, and they'll in turn bring in their friends, and that will be enough to tip it into mainstream usage

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Re:Dear Google: You Can’t Threaten People Into Being Social by mathewi on Friday April 08, 2011 @06:40PM (#2425869)

Yes, Larry Page specifically mentioned that in the memo.

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Re:Dear Google: You Can’t Threaten People Into Being Social by zipdog on Friday April 08, 2011 @06:57PM (#2425915)

Oh, cheers. I just read the article.

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