Re:Predicting Google Product Shutdowns
by chrisbolt on Saturday May 04, 2013 @02:38AM
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> I don't know why people keep insisting that G+ is a waste land. If you personally don't use it, or see a use for it, that's fine, but there are many people in the world who are not you.
It's more that nobody I know uses it. All of my friends are on Facebook, and everyone is talking about Facebook. If I try finding my friends on Google+, it looks like a wasteland.
> They are integrating so many of their services into G+, that you can pretty much guarantee that it's a winner (for them, at least).
Why should I care if it's a winner for them? Google has a huge reach, and they are leveraging that reach to push Google+, but people are still uploading photos and updating their status on Facebook. Google+ may have many unique users, but their use is far more shallow than their use of Facebook.
It's more that nobody I know uses it. All of my friends are on Facebook, and everyone is talking about Facebook. If I try finding my friends on Google+, it looks like a wasteland.
> They are integrating so many of their services into G+, that you can pretty much guarantee that it's a winner (for them, at least).
Why should I care if it's a winner for them? Google has a huge reach, and they are leveraging that reach to push Google+, but people are still uploading photos and updating their status on Facebook. Google+ may have many unique users, but their use is far more shallow than their use of Facebook.