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Re:Google dusts off the failed Google+ playbook to fight Cha... by senectus1 on Thursday March 09, 2023 @11:18PM (#35090320)
man I miss G+

I have FB and refuse to use it, Twitter is purely for bored doom scrolling and thats about all I use.

Google+ was great, worked exactly how i wanted it and didn't try to sell me crap i didnt want to know about

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Re:Google dusts off the failed Google+ playbook to fight Cha... by labster on Friday March 10, 2023 @01:12AM (#35091006)
The Facebook was great in 2005, too. If G+ had lasted longer I’m sure it would have gotten worse by now.
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Re:Google dusts off the failed Google+ playbook to fight Cha... by hot_gril on Friday March 10, 2023 @12:51PM (#35098149)
FB in 2005 was better in some ways, but iirc it didn't have pages, events, or communities yet, and those were truly useful features. I was a holdout until I went to college and saw how many clubs and stuff, even marketplaces (pre FB marketplace), were usefully organized on FB.

I could log into FB, browse the world-famous UC Berkeley meme page, RSVP for a comp sci talk, message my 8 group chats, sell my iClicker, buy a dining commons swipe, and message one of those "my sister needs a date for a party" ads all in one place.

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