Original Google+ before nymwars was so good. The photo walks and the community was amazing.
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023
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I feel like the fediverse is already way more active than what Google+ ever was.
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Google+ didn't work because they didn't push it hard enough and they made it an invite only beta instead of just allowing everyone to join.
Yes - I'm being serious they didn't push it hard enough. If you had a Gmail or YouTube account it should have just instantly become a Google+ account in some sort of private mode so it doesn't inadvertently leak your info.
If they would have just pushed it out to everyone, day one, mandatory, no opt out, then we'd still have Google+ today.
Like if they made Google Talk the default messaging client on Android we'd still have Google Talk. I don't recall Apple making iMessage an optional messaging app you don't have to use.
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