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Why Google+ is Meh
Or, why the 9 Reasons to Switch aren’t enough for me.
1. I don’t really want more integration with Google services. My primary work depends on Google services. Integrating my social networking only tempts me to utilize it more often for unrelated activities. This is the reason I dumped the Flock browser after a week.
2. I’m not particularly impressed with better friend management. It’s cool. But Facebook will copy it or improve on it in no time flat.
3. Better mobile app? Maybe with time, but there is no mobile app for iPhone yet. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.
4. Easier to find stuff to share? Neat idea, but I find stuff to share from Facebook and twitter because I have developed a network of people who care about what I care about. I really don’t need Google’s help. I’ll tinker around with this and perhaps I’ll take these words back.
5. This one wins. I like to keep my data.
6. Better photo tagging? If you do things you’ll regret showing up online, I guess this would matter to you. I don’t do anything I’m afraid people will know about, so this doesn’t appeal to me. No facial recognition software? Not an improvement.
7. I don’t care about group chat. The only thing I can imagine using a video “hangout” for is business, but there are already plenty of ways to do this. If you like group chat, fine. I don’t need it, nor want it.
8. Safer content sharing? Easier to do? If you don’t know how to do this on facebook, you aren’t doing it right. (It’s next to the share button…)
9. Maybe Google is a better steward of your personal data. Seems to me, time will have to bear this out a little…
In the end, there are 700 million people on Facebook now, including my mother and grandmother. I’ll never be able to get them to make the switch. I’m very pleased with twitter, tumblr, and other niche social networking sites. For me, it’s more like Google minus.
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