Re:Google Reveals Its Stealth Social Project, Google+
by chc on Tuesday June 28, 2011 @03:55PM
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For me, it's the kind of frustration that makes me go, "Eh, I feel like I've looked at that before and it annoyed me, though I don't remember why. Probably not worth my time."
Re:Google Reveals Its Stealth Social Project, Google+
by lamnk on Tuesday June 28, 2011 @09:55PM
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The social in Github's "Social Coding" is just icing on cake. Their core product is git hosting. People pay them to have private repos. This is not the case with G+
Wave failed exactly because both of its complexity and its artificial scarcity Google created.
Re:Google Reveals Its Stealth Social Project, Google+
by ern on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @02:00AM
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The slow release of Gmail accounts was an example of a great hype-building process. OTOH the product was groundbreaking (they offered a huge amount of storage compared to competitors), and it isn't 2004 anymore.
Github did the same in fact they recommend people to do it, and they're very successful.
I agree it's a little frustrating but it's the kind of frustration that makes you go back when the site is open for signups and signup. Nothing bad... Google Wave might just be an exception of this technique and people didn't use it because of the complexity of the product not because it made them wait to get an invite.