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Not another social network! Yep, another social network. Google announced today that they're soon going to be opening a service called Google+ which, hopefully for them, won't go the way of Google Buzz and Wave.
Here's a tour of the main features of the new service/network.
Don't feel like clicking on the link? Here's a brief overview.
Circles: Similar to groups of friends on Facebook, but much simpler, you can organize your friends into circles. This way things you post can go only to those you believe would enjoy it. For example I create a circle of AG friends and upon AG3's release trumpet my excitement to them and them alone.
TL;DR: Circles of friends.
Hangouts: Video chat! Basically you create a hangout select the circles of friends, or the individuals, you wouldn't mind talking to and they can join and leave as they please. Easy way to hang out with friends if you're doing homework or far away.
TLR: Video chat!
Instant Upload: Ever been annoyed by the way you have to do something to upload photos to your other social networks (me either)? If you have the application and an internet connection any pictures you take are automatically uploaded to Google+; I'm assuming this is optional.
TLR: Instant upload.
Sparks:Every been pursuing your newsfeed only to realize most of your friends are exceptionally boring? Well fret no more Sparks lets you select areas that interest you (Android, Politics, Video Games) and creates an aggregated stream of news stories, videos, etc so you successfully ignore your friends and actually be entertained. Would be fun to use with Hangout. And no I don't really get the name either.
TL;DR: Multimedia for your pleasure.
Huddle: This may be the feature that excites me the most, basically it allows you to group text with your circles. Going to a movie with 6 different friends? Why not group text them and save a bunch of time?
TL;DR: Group texting.
Another reason I'm excited is that I believe this will be a great asset to Android (Google's mobile OS) phones. Especially features like Huddle. Which brings me to my next point, it's going to be hard for Google to attract enough users to actually make it a viable Social Network. Luckily for them they have 3 giant advantages. Android, Chrome OS, and Chrome. 500,000 new Android phones are activated daily, what if Google pre-installed a Google+ application on every one of those phones? Even if only 10% of individuals create an accounts that still 50,000 new users every single day. Same goes for Chrome OS and the Chrome web browser. All they have to do is push a simple update that installs the Google+ application to all of Chrome's users and viola, more users.
I'm pretty excited about this, not only do I love the new features but I can see this creating a more mature social network experience. More than that this is going to foster competition with Facebook which is going to have to develop new features.
TL;DR
Watch this.
Don't want to? New Social Network!
*No this is not advertising, I'm simply excited about this service and am curious to see what AG thinks of it.
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I hope the Google+ project is going to fail, I like it where it is, the products and it's web search engine.
I don't have a Facebook, but I have a Twitter that I never use.
I think it will go the way of wave and buzz. Either way, I don't care.
There are too many social networking sites these days. Facebook will probably still remain more popular than Google+ ever will. Honestly I just want social network sites to die out.
Honestly you gotta wait for this to play out, I personally have a Facebook and its barely any use expect to chat with friends. I love how Google+ circles and other features, beats Facebook experience hands down. The thing is most people just shrug off Google, lots of people use Hotmail even though its insecure and totally outdated compared to Gmail. You may disagree with that but Gmail mail experience is better than Hotmail's.
If Google+ can start something, then it will beat Facebook hands down. Until then people will still use "Stalkerbook".
And Twitter, meh I have enough spam already.
It looks very promising as a place for people to just hang out, but it really can't beat out Facebook. It just doesn't have the reputation as a social company.
I would still like an invitation though...
Meh... When it comes out I'll try it. It sounds a whole lot like Facebook, so I don't see a point in it.
I don't have a Facebook, but I have a Twitter that I never use.
I had a twitter account before it was cool. Don't use it any more.
I would try out Google+, but I don't want my facebook peers to judge me.
I don't particularly enjoy social networks. It seems kind of pointless in my opinion when you can just text or call somebody with a cell phone. Also, social networks create so much drama it isn't even worth my time.
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