Corrine Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I see that I am not the only one who has recognized that any glitter in G+ wore off quickly. MediaShift . Google+: Social Media Upstart 'Worse Than a Ghost Town' | PBS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Eh, I still use it all the time and if anything, I interact with more and more people as time goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Eh, I still use it all the time and if anything, I interact with more and more people as time goes on.That's it. We're revoking your membership in ASSHAT - Anti-Social Slackers Hackers and Archers Team. You have been assimilate into the Google Collective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 That's it. We're revoking your membership in ASSHAT - Anti-Social Slackers Hackers and Archers Team. You have been assimilate into the Google Collective. :(Not at all, I use Diaspora, Twitter and other "social" sites. I just use them for posting articles and reading them as I not very sociable anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Well... OK, then. We'll just consider you an asset-in-place (spy) on the GoogleEvilNet for now. You can remain in ASSHAT as long as you continue to provide worthwhile data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Well... OK, then. We'll just consider you an asset-in-place (spy) on the GoogleEvilNet for now. You can remain in ASSHAT as long as you continue to provide worthwhile data. Oh do not worry, I will continue to run my Black-Flag operations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 ARRRRRRRRGH, matey! Oh, wait... that was yesterday. What are we supposed to talk like today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 ARRRRRRRRGH, matey! Oh, wait... that was yesterday. What are we supposed to talk like today? Scottish Highlanders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachy Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Well, Google just lifted the invite-only status of Google+ on Monday, so we may yet see some growth. That being said, I've noticed an absence of activity from most of my circle of contacts except for 3 or 4 hardcore photographers. They seem to like the ability to post photos with microblogging capabilities. And Wil Wheaton seems to love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I have to laugh because I'm still getting email notifications for people circling me. Don't they notice that my profile is empty and I haven't posted anything in over a month? I guess not. They're circling a zombie. I requested that Google delete my G+. I wonder how long that takes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil P Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Google+ Suddenly Looks Pretty Busy for a Ghost TownIn order to keep users coming back, Google+ has to continue offering new experiences. If Google wants it to be more than a show, it has to show its value as a useful, dead-easy tool to collaborate and connect with other people. It doesn’t have to be Facebook, where users while away their time distracting themselves by clicking cows and updating databases.As a communication application, Google+ can be a multimedia thunderbolt, as useful as Gmail or Maps. Instead of being annoyed by a coworker’s new email or phone call when mobile, you can do a quick hangout, have them show you exactly what they’re worried about, and solve their (or your) problem. There’s a genuine productivity upside to Google+ in a way that there never has been in Facebook or Twitter — which is what makes it still mystifying that the “open beta” is still closed to Google’s paying Apps customers. You know, the ones who most need a productivity and collaboration game-changer.On the other hand, if Google+ is going to be a show, it has to be the best in town. It has to have better games than Facebook, better goof-off possibilities, more things that users want that Google may not necessarily know how to give them. In short, it needs third-party developers.There have been a lot of changes to G+ recently. Dropping the invites, adding search, letting mobile phones in on hangouts (actually a ton of changes to hangouts), adding in APIs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Google+ Suddenly Looks Pretty Busy for a Ghost TownThere have been a lot of changes to G+ recently. Dropping the invites, adding search, letting mobile phones in on hangouts (actually a ton of changes to hangouts), adding in APIs...I realize you are not the original writer of the article but ...Google doesn't want G+ as a productivity app, but as an Identifier app - go back to what Eric Shmidt (sp?) said about G+ .Can someone explain what Hangouts has to do with G+ that it has to be hooked so tightly into it?and the example is poor. I do exactly that right now without any Google , twitter or any other Identifier/SocailMedia app. It is called the phone, and if you need to - text messaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil P Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 and the example is poor. I do exactly that right now without any Google , twitter or any other Identifier/SocailMedia app. It is called the phone, and if you need to - text messaging.Why do you need a phone? You can just use a telegraph!Seriously though, you can spend 5 or 10 minutes on the phone trying to figure out the problem or spend 20 seconds in a Hangout and see the problem. What if the issue the other person is having is on they can't explain well? And even if G+ wants to be an "identity" service (whatever that means), it still has to have features that make people actually want to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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