Are you ready to see Google fail yet again? Just like they did with Google Wave, they have begun Google+ by invitation only. I was an early adopter for Wave and was extremely disappointed because I had a grand total of ONE friend who had it. That friend didn't particularly share much info with me either, so it was pretty useless. Wave had all these great possibilities but by the time they got around to releasing it to everyone, I was no longer interested.
Google again breaks out with what looks like it could be a facebook killer. It's a social network called Google+. It looks very much like facebook as well but it has some very interesting features that will no doubt be duplicated by facebook shortly. Since it is by invitation only, it will take time to actually build a network of your friends. Dumb move again Google! By the time you get it out for everyone to use, facebook will simply implement your ideas and be that much more ahead of you.
I'm a facebook user, but I despise their lack of privacy controls and constantly changing my settings. If another network becomes available, I'll gladly jump ship. Google has their head up their ass on this one. Just like Wave, if you get an invite and get onto their network...what will you do until your friends also are able to join up? Their strategy borders the line of insanity again. It actually pisses me off because I would love to move away from facebook. A better way to roll it out to a select group would be to offer it to loyal users like those who have a Google account! (hint)
I trust Google more than facebook. Personally, I've never had my account hijacked using any of Google's products. I think that Google+ is a step in the right direction in eradicating some of the security problems of social networking. Hopefully they won't drag their feet getting it started and useable for all. Get it right this time Google!
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