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Gemini is the new Google+ (www.computerworld.com)

submitted 5 months ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 139 points 5 months ago (3 children)

That's not fair to Google+.

I actually liked that platform over Facebook.

It's a shame they had to cram it down people's throat. It would've been a fantastic alternative to Facebook. I especially liked it's friend organization feature with circles.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 60 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It was really much better than fb and other platforms, really easy to group and filter content on it.

I just hated their forced integration with YouTube comments section which only served to artificially pump up the number of G+ users. Great platform, bad management decisions.

[–] philycheeze@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They only did that AFTER releasing it as a walled garden that people had to jump through a bunch of hoops to join.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Funny that Blue Sky just did that same old thing. Launched like a VIP club with a limited guest list. Even though that tactic hasn’t really worked well for most people since the 00’s.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

also - blue sky was eating glue while twitter was falling and lost a lot of attention to threads

[–] zgasma@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I always thought the whole circles concept was genius, and it annoys me that nobody has tried to replicate it.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

I know!!!! You really had control who you could reach with your posts. It was great!

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Google+ was just cancelled before it had a chance to turn to shit...

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

You mean, before it was adopted en masse and people and corporations made it shit?