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[–] [email protected] 68 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The crazy thing is, they had a nascent social network going with Google Reader, populated by people who were engaged and interested in the content. And they threw it all away to chase a Facebook clone, which was doomed anyway.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They could've had basically Reddit if they added a way to have comments in Google reader. Then again, they would've never invested in moderation, so it probably would've turned into a shitheap.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

they would've never invested in moderation, so it probably would've turned into a shitheap.

i.e., basically Reddit!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

Reddit tricked their own users into doing the moderating, that was their great innovation.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Google+ could have been successful to a degree, in terms of features it was an improvement over Facebook in several ways. The problem was the invite only launch.

The invite period worked for Gmail because it was still interoperable with other email services, and made getting a Gmail address seem exclusive and desirable. Making a walled garden social network invite only, however, just lead to it being empty. Most who did sign up looked around for a few minutes then went back to Facebook.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

They just seem to make wacky brain-dead decisions all the time and nobody really understands why they make the decisions they do.