Sure, but nobody know that, nobody is actually in it and it has a weird name.
It also fails to present an immediate usefulness that would lure people.
On the other hand, most people already have a regular Google account, so if they manage to push some social integration in there which a less crappy name (ok, that's a personal opinion, but I think loop sounds much smoother), then they might get a chance to get a foothold in the segment.
Something like a cross service interface with other social networks would be of course the real launcher, but that will be a long and bloody way, as we saw in recent history.
Man, everyone keeps dumping on the name of Orkut, but nobody seems to know it's the surname of the guy who originally wrote it before Google scooped him up. So everyone who dumps on Orkut as a product name also accidentally dumps on his family name. Even if they don't mean it, that must totally suck. :(
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I don't understand why Google would need to build a new social network when they already have orkut...
Sure, but nobody know that, nobody is actually in it and it has a weird name.
It also fails to present an immediate usefulness that would lure people.
On the other hand, most people already have a regular Google account, so if they manage to push some social integration in there which a less crappy name (ok, that's a personal opinion, but I think loop sounds much smoother), then they might get a chance to get a foothold in the segment.
Something like a cross service interface with other social networks would be of course the real launcher, but that will be a long and bloody way, as we saw in recent history.
Man, everyone keeps dumping on the name of Orkut, but nobody seems to know it's the surname of the guy who originally wrote it before Google scooped him up. So everyone who dumps on Orkut as a product name also accidentally dumps on his family name. Even if they don't mean it, that must totally suck. :(
It's actually his first name :x
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkut_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCkk%C3%B6kte...