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Re:Google dusts off the failed Google+ playbook to fight Cha... by hencq on Friday March 10, 2023 @01:44AM (#35091206)
On the contrary, they did try the artificial scarcity thing with G+, but unlike Gmail, a social network isn't really useful if your friends aren't on it.
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Re:Google dusts off the failed Google+ playbook to fight Cha... by esprehn on Friday March 10, 2023 @02:12AM (#35091400)
They already knew that from Wave, which also had the "my friends aren't on it and I have no invites" headwind.
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Re:Google dusts off the failed Google+ playbook to fight Cha... by grumple on Friday March 10, 2023 @10:31AM (#35095607)
Yet Facebook was hyped because of artificial scarcity. They started by rolling out to one elite university at a time.
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