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Re:Inside the sad, expensive failure of Google+ by socrates2016 on Sunday August 02, 2015 @08:44PM (#9993144)
Hmmmm. The way I read it, you and the article are deflecting the blame away from Page and at Gundotra. The buck stops at who is in charge and that is Page.
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Re:Inside the sad, expensive failure of Google+ by dredmorbius on Monday August 03, 2015 @08:55PM (#10000969)
Agree and disagree. I've got a very strong sense that many of G+'s issues had something to do with Gundotra. And that it was decidedly non-organic. Rather than an internal useful engineering hack created out of desire and practicality, it was a fear-driven reaction to Facebook.

But: the policies clearly ultimately came from the very highest level at Google. Biggest consequence is an exceptional blow to my trust in the company.

Or rather, series of blows.

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