[ExI] Google+

[Emlyn]

On 6 July 2011 15:20, Aleksei Riikonen <aleksei at iki.fi> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 6:28 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> demand for accounts is so astronomical that Google has had
>> to restrict invites until they can cope with the demand.
>
> Or at least that's what their marketing department wants us to
> believe. I suspect that in actuality they wouldn't need to restrict
> invites; restricting them just creates a rather strong PR dynamic
> beneficial to them.
>
> (I don't mean there to be negativity in this comment, though. I'd
> probably do the very same thing if I was in charge of launching the
> thing. I also do think Google+ is a rather promising service.)
>
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> Aleksei Riikonen - http://www.iki.fi/aleksei

I agree re: load (although I do notice slight comms glitches here and there).

Watching their extremely rapid iteration of G+ now, I think their
actual motive is to iron out the kinks particularly around privacy
before doing an open release. You just have to cast your mind back to
the hoopla around Buzz (which they just released open to all at day
one), and see the damage it did. They're really working hard to not
have that happen again.

It's fascinating to see all those Googlers in there, actively
participating. From Page and Brin on down, massive representation.

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