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Google Insiders Talk About Why Google+ Failed
An anonymous reader writes in with this story about what happened to Google+ from an employee perspective. "Last month, Google announced that it's changing up its strategy with Google+. In a sense, it's giving up on pitching Google+ as a social network aimed at competing with Facebook. Instead, Google+ will become two separate pieces: Photos and Streams. This didn't come as a surprise — Google+ never really caught on the same way social networks like Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn did....Rumors have been swirling for months that Google would change its direction with Google+. Business Insider spoke with a few insiders about what happened to the network that Google believed would change the way people share their lives online. Google+ was really important to Larry Page, too — one person said he was personally involved and wanted to get the whole company behind it. The main problem with Google+, one former Googler says, is the company tried to make it too much like Facebook. Another former Googler agrees, saying the company was 'late to market' and motivated from 'a competitive standpoint.'"
I can't control information once third parties have it
You also have no expectation of privacy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine
Actually it was a reference to this discussion, but thanks for playing anyway.
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I feel better for knowing that. I thought it was just me being a clumsy bastard.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Even worse, if they decided they didn't believe you were you, the account would be terminated. And because it was all tied together, it would take youtube, gmail, and your android phone with it. I don't care too much about most of that, but I actually use my phone for real world stuff. I wasn't about to risk getting my address book and apps screwed up just for a google+ account that I might or might not ever post to. That and I'm obe of those people who feels no need to announce my visits to the toilet to 6 billion+ people. I really don't want all of my logins on everything tied together into a bit glueball.
Couple that with Google's policy of never ever letting you talk to a human being no matter what your question or concern might be and there you go, no google+ for me.
Relaxing their policy meant one of two things, they realized they made a mistake, or google+ had lost internal support and would be pining for the fjords any time now.