I don't get this complaint. All of these services have a social component built in, so why not just put them all under one umbrella? It's not like Google+ does anything remarkably bad.
It's not like Google+ does anything remarkably bad.
You've inadvertently summed up everything wrong with google and google+. Somewhere google lowered the bar for its products to "don't do something too bad" instead of "build remarkable things."
Google+ may not be bad per se, but it's far from exceptional. When you take something that isn't exceptional and begin forcing it on your users for the sake of strategy, I'll make a bet that it hurts your company long term. Of course, when you build something exceptional(such as gmail), you don't have to shove it onto your users because you've crazy inbound demand.
Actually when they day comes for me to finally be social on the web, Google+ will be the best option. I just hope they do not make it impossible to use unless you are using Chrome.
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I don't get this complaint. All of these services have a social component built in, so why not just put them all under one umbrella? It's not like Google+ does anything remarkably bad.
It's not like Google+ does anything remarkably bad.
You've inadvertently summed up everything wrong with google and google+. Somewhere google lowered the bar for its products to "don't do something too bad" instead of "build remarkable things."
Google+ may not be bad per se, but it's far from exceptional. When you take something that isn't exceptional and begin forcing it on your users for the sake of strategy, I'll make a bet that it hurts your company long term. Of course, when you build something exceptional(such as gmail), you don't have to shove it onto your users because you've crazy inbound demand.
I do think it's exceptional in some ways..photo management for example is very good.
Actually when they day comes for me to finally be social on the web, Google+ will be the best option. I just hope they do not make it impossible to use unless you are using Chrome.
You're being social on the web right now.
The Google+/Facebook version of being social on the web ought to have the word "social" in quotation marks.
What if I as a user don't want it? Why force me to get it?