- Jun 20, 2011
- 30
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- First Name
- Glenn
So far I like it. It merges the private conversations and sharing with friends with Twitter like ability to follow and comment on people who aren't mutual connections.
Facebook has a feature called Lists. You were able to group people and share only specific information with those lists. The down side is that those lists were cumbersome to curate so very few people used them. Google+ duplicated this functionality and turned the list process into something as easy as dragging and dropping folks into the right category. So, if highly granular sharing is your thing, you'll like Google+.
Its real strength will stem from the mobile app. Sharing photos and videos is extremely easy. Once they open up the invites I hope to get enough friends on here to use Huddle which is a real time group chat feature.
It's too early to see if business will embrace it. It doesn't have Facebook's Business Page features but with the Local Business Center (Google Places) I can see them integrating that data into the service down the road and branching out to check-ins (formerly Hot Pot), reviews, etc... .
Right now it's not a Facebook killer. Like the others in this thread I don't see it unseating them as the champion of social networking. But it's Google's best attempt at social so far. Just try to ignore Buzz, Latitude, Wave, etc....
Facebook has a feature called Lists. You were able to group people and share only specific information with those lists. The down side is that those lists were cumbersome to curate so very few people used them. Google+ duplicated this functionality and turned the list process into something as easy as dragging and dropping folks into the right category. So, if highly granular sharing is your thing, you'll like Google+.
Its real strength will stem from the mobile app. Sharing photos and videos is extremely easy. Once they open up the invites I hope to get enough friends on here to use Huddle which is a real time group chat feature.
It's too early to see if business will embrace it. It doesn't have Facebook's Business Page features but with the Local Business Center (Google Places) I can see them integrating that data into the service down the road and branching out to check-ins (formerly Hot Pot), reviews, etc... .
Right now it's not a Facebook killer. Like the others in this thread I don't see it unseating them as the champion of social networking. But it's Google's best attempt at social so far. Just try to ignore Buzz, Latitude, Wave, etc....
) Maybe someone can explain how +1's show up to individuals... if you're like me you have under 10 contacts in Google. They're all in my phone or on Facebook and Twitter. I never use my gmail contacts.
