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jungleroomxIt's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovelsRegistered Userregular
Between Google's software dumping, accusations of leveraging their search engine to further their own business, and horrid cloud storage policies, Google is the new Microsoft.
It's actually a little more than that. When you sign up for a Google account, you have to make a Gmail account, and a Google+ profile is created along the way.
It's actually a little more than that. When you sign up for a Google account, you have to make a Gmail account, and a Google+ profile is created along the way.
Problem here is that some may not realise that they have a public profile now.
Right, a profile with nothing on it.
I have several Gmails but only one Google+ account. Now when I log in under my other gmails, it suggests, "oh, join the hottest new social platform by adding details here." but it doesn't appear to force me to have duplicate G+ accounts.
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jungleroomxIt's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovelsRegistered Userregular
It's still forcing you to have a Google+ account, and any defending it is pretty ridiculous.
Their platform is failing, so they're using their other areas to strongarm people into it. MS got into serious crap by utilizing their lock on OS systems to pump up IE and Office, I don't see much of a difference here.
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jungleroomxIt's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovelsRegistered Userregular
Oh, and this is for new GMail accounts. I should have clarified.
For new Google accounts. And they're getting you to join Gmail and Google+.
And I don't really see this as evidence of their platform failing. It might not have the amount of usage they'd like, but I'm pretty sure it isn't failing. They're getting high profile sign-ups like Lady Gaga happening, and activity certainly picked up amongst my own circles and the journo peeps I'm following with the whole SOPA/PIPA thing.
Besides, if you see this as being indicative of G+ failing, what does that say for Gmail?
It's still forcing you to have a Google+ account, and any defending it is pretty ridiculous.
Their platform is failing, so they're using their other areas to strongarm people into it. MS got into serious crap by utilizing their lock on OS systems to pump up IE and Office, I don't see much of a difference here.
Are we using a different Google+? The one I'm using is far from failing. Plenty of activity.
It's still forcing you to have a Google+ account, and any defending it is pretty ridiculous.
Their platform is failing, so they're using their other areas to strongarm people into it. MS got into serious crap by utilizing their lock on OS systems to pump up IE and Office, I don't see much of a difference here.
Are we using a different Google+? The one I'm using is far from failing. Plenty of activity.
The whole line about 90M users with 60-80% activity is a red herring. 60-80% of Google+ users use Google services, even the search engine, and they completely leave out the number of active users on G+.
We don't really need competition in the social network arena. Time will kill Facebook, just like Friendster, Myspace, and all the other stuff that became outdated.
If you want to know about Google+'s real world activity, go outside of your friend circle and click on some product pages. Ghost towns. Mountain Dew has 210 in user circles, and Facebook has almost 7 million.
We don't really need competition in the social network arena. Time will kill Facebook, just like Friendster, Myspace, and all the other stuff that became outdated.
Well, that's a silly and simplistic viewpoint. I don't use Google+ to "kill Facebook". I use it because I prefer it to Facebook, and I know a lot of people who prefer G+ to Fb, but use both. Or they use both and prefer Fb. Or they use both and don't really have a preference.
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jungleroomxIt's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovelsRegistered Userregular
You don't use it that way, but that is the primary intent of G+, at least in Google's point of view.
The thing I don't like is that you have to have a google account for youtube now. You can't even log into your own youtube account without associating it with a google account.
So there goes anonymity right out the window. Accidentally "like" the wrong video? Now the whole world knows!
You can't see what videos I "like". You can see my favorites and my subscriptions, but if I don't want people to see those, I can turn that off in the privacy settings.
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While I think the video is pretty sensationalist it's a pretty interesting infographic on what google has their hands in.
Also it's a pretty kickass motion infographic overall.
Gotta agree. Google is the new Microsoft. It's more of a Microsoft than Microsoft ever was. I mean that as both a compliment and a criticism.
Right, a profile with nothing on it.
I have several Gmails but only one Google+ account. Now when I log in under my other gmails, it suggests, "oh, join the hottest new social platform by adding details here." but it doesn't appear to force me to have duplicate G+ accounts.
Their platform is failing, so they're using their other areas to strongarm people into it. MS got into serious crap by utilizing their lock on OS systems to pump up IE and Office, I don't see much of a difference here.
And I don't really see this as evidence of their platform failing. It might not have the amount of usage they'd like, but I'm pretty sure it isn't failing. They're getting high profile sign-ups like Lady Gaga happening, and activity certainly picked up amongst my own circles and the journo peeps I'm following with the whole SOPA/PIPA thing.
Besides, if you see this as being indicative of G+ failing, what does that say for Gmail?
Are we using a different Google+? The one I'm using is far from failing. Plenty of activity.
It's got so much activity, Google has to obfuscate how much there actually is.
The whole line about 90M users with 60-80% activity is a red herring. 60-80% of Google+ users use Google services, even the search engine, and they completely leave out the number of active users on G+.
We don't really need competition in the social network arena. Time will kill Facebook, just like Friendster, Myspace, and all the other stuff that became outdated.
If you want to know about Google+'s real world activity, go outside of your friend circle and click on some product pages. Ghost towns. Mountain Dew has 210 in user circles, and Facebook has almost 7 million.
Your own stream may be fairly active, but I'm sure there are plenty of Myspace friend groups that maintain active social activity as well.
Doesn't mean either of them are exploding, and the numbers are padded by forcing a stealth sign-up to it through Gmail.
Don't let Google do what MS did.
advertising on there is lighting your money on fire currently.
There is still a fair amount of social activity right now though.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Well, that's a silly and simplistic viewpoint. I don't use Google+ to "kill Facebook". I use it because I prefer it to Facebook, and I know a lot of people who prefer G+ to Fb, but use both. Or they use both and prefer Fb. Or they use both and don't really have a preference.
So there goes anonymity right out the window. Accidentally "like" the wrong video? Now the whole world knows!
You can't see what videos I "like". You can see my favorites and my subscriptions, but if I don't want people to see those, I can turn that off in the privacy settings.