7 ms·
Circles for different messages to different groups, as well as the universal profile for logging into all your favorite Google services. It's not my fault these
by rob_lh 11y ago
Circles for different messages to different groups, as well as the universal profile for logging into all your favorite Google services. It's not my fault these were harebrained ideas, but they were presented as revolutionary. The ideas are still arguably revolutionary (Slack delivers where Wave failed) but Google's execution was lacking. Same fundamental issue facing so many of their other programs.
- jacquesm 11y agoHyves in NL had the 'circles' thing before Facebook even existed, let alone before Google went public with G+.
- rob_lh 11y agoAnd the Russians dreamed of going to the moon but that's the rub with consumer products - the market has to accept them for it to be an accomplishment. Google thought they'd found the magic recipe and pitched it as something for everyone that was a huge breakthrough. Being first with features or flows doesn't matter at all. The only thing that matters is making it relevant to users' lives, which all parties failed at. Circles is a bad model for a mass market.
- jacquesm 11y agoHyves had big acceptance in NL at some point it was one of the largest websites here, Facebook ate their lunch.