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Re:Facebook puts off IPO until late 2012 by bitskits on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @07:46PM (#2998313)
G+ is still in field trial, but it is far from "closed". I have 150 invites, as do all users to the best of my knowledge. The growth was limited for the first couple of weeks, but that is no longer the case.

I would disagree that controlled growth of a new product is a mistake for a company at Google's scale and brand recognition, and I would also disagree that it is still a "closed invitation-only beta thing".

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Re:Facebook puts off IPO until late 2012 by jevinskie on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @08:38PM (#2998430)
I feel like it has lost the momentum it had during its first few weeks though. If they ramped up the invites faster, I think it would have retained a higher user base now.
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Re:Facebook puts off IPO until late 2012 by rorrr on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @09:36PM (#2998550)
Yeah? What's the male/female ratio on your google+?
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Re:Facebook puts off IPO until late 2012 by archangel_one on Thursday September 15, 2011 @01:15AM (#2998994)
I would say mine's somewhere between 1:1 and 2:1. Honestly, I don't see this as being the problem so much as the fact that it's just so quiet by comparison to Facebook.
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