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Re:Chief Architect of Google+ requests clarification on Goog... by jcampbell1 on Friday March 15, 2013 @03:59PM (#5382644)
It is possible that Mr Zunger woke up this morning and thought , "This is a great oppourtunity to get a bunch of vague and unsubstantiated feedback on a product that is being shutdown. I'd like to spend half my day moderating comments".

It could also be that he wanted to redirect some of the passion for google reader in a positive direction. Make Google a bit more empathetic and friendly.

It could be some combination of the two.

I don't see malice here. I think Mr. Zunger made a smart move.

Now if he actually thought he was going to learn something he didn't already know from those comments, that would sadden me.

He is smart enough to realize that comments like those have a huge power-user sample bias and are mostly useless.

My lemmings comment was way out of bounds.

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Re:Chief Architect of Google+ requests clarification on Goog... by VikingCoder on Friday March 15, 2013 @04:07PM (#5382691)
Why would that sadden you?

If you worked there, wouldn't you do something similar?

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Re:Chief Architect of Google+ requests clarification on Goog... by jcampbell1 on Friday March 15, 2013 @04:25PM (#5382792)
Yes, I would do the same thing. The only mistake I see is the way they handled the Google Reader announcement, which Mr Zunger wasn't involved in.

Then again, if I were so smart, I wouldn't have made the lemmings comment. I meant it as a mild joke, though you and other people interpreted it as an serious insult to 500 people and Mr Zunger's character.

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