g+ was dead the day they released it, I've said in a comment here before and I stand by it: google cannot launch a successful social product (where successful means it's a valid competitor to Facebook). They are too big, people put all their hopes and dreams on specific things happening which are unrealistic and they prematurely kill the product. Google could make a better product than Facebook but it would never take off and "beat" Facebook.
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g+ was dead the day they released it, I've said in a comment here before and I stand by it: google cannot launch a successful social product (where successful means it's a valid competitor to Facebook). They are too big, people put all their hopes and dreams on specific things happening which are unrealistic and they prematurely kill the product. Google could make a better product than Facebook but it would never take off and "beat" Facebook.
"told 'ya" (and got downvoted) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2709330
Your comment would have been more interesting if you had explained why.
I think the reason is as obvious now as it was back then.
Facebook has the network effect, G+ hasn't.
Like morsch says, you probably should have explained why. My comment had something like 20+ points (I explained why in mine)