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| From | The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Things that Google+ got right |
| Date | 2019-03-29 08:12 -0700 |
| Organization | None, as usual |
| Message-ID | <q7lclc$sr3$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <kq80nf-st4.ln1@rasp.therandymon.com> |
On 03/28/2019 06:26 PM, RS Wood wrote:
> https://erik.itland.no/what-did-google-get-right
>
> I used to use it, and generally liked it; never really understood all
> the antipathy. To everyone who doubled down on Facebook and mocked
> Google's attempt to get in on social networking, how's it look now that
> we know what Facebook has become?
G+ and Facebook suck badly. Usenet was so much better. Illiteracy
beats literacy every single time.
> //--clip
> Google plus had circles
>
> ... so unlike with twitter I didn't have to spam everyone to reach
> those two followers who'd actually care about that topic.
>
> Example: I could add Norwegians I knew to my “Norwegians” circle so I
> could share links to Norwegian pages only to people I knew could read
> Norwegian.
Facebook lets you make 'Friends lists'. Not certain about how insulated
they are, but I've made quite a few of them.
> Google plus had groups
>
> ... kind of like Facebook groups but without having to deal with
> Facebook. (I now trust Google less than before as well, but Facebook
> has worked harder to earn their position as untrustworthy.)
They stole those from dejavu's usenet compilation and made it uglier and
harder to use. I had real hopes, but NOOOOO.
--
Cheers, Bev
"When your enemies are making mistakes, don't interrupt them."
-- from the film 'Moneyball'
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Things that Google+ got right RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2019-03-28 21:26 -0400
Re: Things that Google+ got right The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2019-03-29 08:12 -0700
Re: Things that Google+ got right Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-03-29 16:56 -0300
Re: Things that Google+ got right Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-03-29 22:25 +0000
Re: Things that Google+ got right Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-03-29 21:21 +0000
Re: Things that Google+ got right Dostoevsky <do-not-email-me@dnem.dnem> - 2019-03-29 20:51 -0500
Re: Things that Google+ got right Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2019-03-31 00:22 +0000
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