The social network network
Google Plus!
I have it!
I'm on it!
I'm unsure what the point of it is!
I mean, okay, I know what the point of it is - it's Facebook but not by Facebook. And that would be a laudable goal for a social media network site in, say, 2005. But right now, it just seems like another set of contacts to track, another place to check on what people are doing, another place to spam about PODcom updates
It has several features that I like, certainly - stronger boundaries between groups of contacts, better privacy controls, more ability to control what posts you see at a given time, less clutter and fewer ads/games/attention-seeking-toys. But at the same time there are weaknesses, like the lack of social event tracking (pretty much the primary thing I use Facebook for) and needing to use single-reader stream posts instead of internal email.
Better? Quite possibly? Necessary? Eh. Can't see it. If this replaced Facebook overnight, it'd be great and a vast improvement. Alongside Facebook, it just seems like too much effort for not enough return, and too much of the same old thing without the change in use and focus that makes something like Twitter completely different and useful.
Am I missing something? Is there a brilliance to what G+ can do that I have yet to realise? If so, let me know. If not - well, fuck it, stick me in your circles anyway, I don't mind.
I have it!
I'm on it!
I'm unsure what the point of it is!
I mean, okay, I know what the point of it is - it's Facebook but not by Facebook. And that would be a laudable goal for a social media network site in, say, 2005. But right now, it just seems like another set of contacts to track, another place to check on what people are doing, another place to spam about PODcom updates
It has several features that I like, certainly - stronger boundaries between groups of contacts, better privacy controls, more ability to control what posts you see at a given time, less clutter and fewer ads/games/attention-seeking-toys. But at the same time there are weaknesses, like the lack of social event tracking (pretty much the primary thing I use Facebook for) and needing to use single-reader stream posts instead of internal email.
Better? Quite possibly? Necessary? Eh. Can't see it. If this replaced Facebook overnight, it'd be great and a vast improvement. Alongside Facebook, it just seems like too much effort for not enough return, and too much of the same old thing without the change in use and focus that makes something like Twitter completely different and useful.
Am I missing something? Is there a brilliance to what G+ can do that I have yet to realise? If so, let me know. If not - well, fuck it, stick me in your circles anyway, I don't mind.