Google Profiles Has a New Interfacegooglesystem.blogspot.com 13 pointsachew2215 years ago12 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−gonehome15yLooks a lot better organized, but also a lot like facebook. Not that that's a bad thing, the facebook profile page has clearly been successful.−iworkforthem15yEr... there is http://www.google.com/profiles/iworkforthem#buzz and there is also https://profiles.google.com/iworkforthem/aboutSo there are 2 profile pages now?−petervandijck15yAbout time. Let's see what happens when Google finally starts taking social serious.Now where's my Google social graph?−patrickaljord15yRight here http://code.google.com/apis/socialgraph/−petervandijck15yI mean my social graph. The one that's easy to use and immediately useful to me :)−groks15yHere: https://profiles.google.com/u/0/connectedaccounts−petervandijck15yI mean the one that is useful to me, that has, as pg would say, "a quantum of usefulness" :)Google treats the social graph as an engineering challenge, but they've never understood that it can actually be useful for stuff.And the link you posted isn't a social graph, it's a list of accounts connected to my account. Nothing social about it.−Grantmd15yDoesn't work in the latest Chrome dev channel. Ironical?No errors in the console. You just get a blank page.−wulczer15y> Another change is that you can now hide the Google Buzz tab from your profile.Slowly admitting that Google Buzz was a complete failure...−alexmat15yI still like it. Works for me and my small group of friends and family and I can manage who I share stuff with better than broadcasting everything over twitter. I hope they keep it around.−Pewpewarrows15yA lot more people use Google Buzz exclusively than you would think.−elvirs15ylooks like new facebook profile pages, especially the top part.
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Looks a lot better organized, but also a lot like facebook. Not that that's a bad thing, the facebook profile page has clearly been successful.
Er... there is http://www.google.com/profiles/iworkforthem#buzz and there is also https://profiles.google.com/iworkforthem/about
So there are 2 profile pages now?
About time. Let's see what happens when Google finally starts taking social serious.
Now where's my Google social graph?
Right here http://code.google.com/apis/socialgraph/
I mean my social graph. The one that's easy to use and immediately useful to me :)
Here: https://profiles.google.com/u/0/connectedaccounts
I mean the one that is useful to me, that has, as pg would say, "a quantum of usefulness" :)
Google treats the social graph as an engineering challenge, but they've never understood that it can actually be useful for stuff.
And the link you posted isn't a social graph, it's a list of accounts connected to my account. Nothing social about it.
Doesn't work in the latest Chrome dev channel. Ironical?
No errors in the console. You just get a blank page.
> Another change is that you can now hide the Google Buzz tab from your profile.
Slowly admitting that Google Buzz was a complete failure...
I still like it. Works for me and my small group of friends and family and I can manage who I share stuff with better than broadcasting everything over twitter. I hope they keep it around.
A lot more people use Google Buzz exclusively than you would think.
looks like new facebook profile pages, especially the top part.