I don't know if Google+ will be a significant player in social media or not. I have been using the service to some degree but still, for the time being, use Facebook more often.
Today though I was reminded of something - that something being why I left MySpace.
Social Networks have an interesting "challenge" although I'd call it more of a conflict of interest for many. The stated mission of the most general services and how they make money are strictly at odds. Facebook doesn't make money by connecting you with your friends and family. They make money by connecting your pocket book with the revenues of companies who want to sell you things.
But this is how Google works? Yes, but Google's managed to do a good job of keeping their advertisements relevant. If I search on Google for a mountain bike part, the ads will be about mountain bike companies or parts suppliers.
In short, I'm not reading a post from my wife while looking at this piece of garbage .
T&A sells and it sells like crazy. It's a tale as old as time. The world's oldest profession is hocking hanky panky. That's great. But I'm not watching someone's broadcast of a football game to millions of people - I'm on MY Facebook page.
About 5 years ago I was reluctant to leave MySpace because that's where "everyone" was already - I didn't know that many people who were on Facebook besides people in college.
I took a look at Facebook and loved all the white space. White space I now see on Google+ and not on Facebook. MySpace had become a cluttered piece of junk with people hocking ringtones, backgrounds and women/men who "want it now!" Facebook resembles this MySpace wasteland more everyday.
No company owns the social graph, it's always on loan. I own my relationships. In order for Facebook to be worth its ridiculous valuation they'd have to completely sell out everyone of their users 10 times over - that's not happening because we'll all be gone.
Today though I was reminded of something - that something being why I left MySpace.
Social Networks have an interesting "challenge" although I'd call it more of a conflict of interest for many. The stated mission of the most general services and how they make money are strictly at odds. Facebook doesn't make money by connecting you with your friends and family. They make money by connecting your pocket book with the revenues of companies who want to sell you things.
But this is how Google works? Yes, but Google's managed to do a good job of keeping their advertisements relevant. If I search on Google for a mountain bike part, the ads will be about mountain bike companies or parts suppliers.
In short, I'm not reading a post from my wife while looking at this piece of garbage .
About 5 years ago I was reluctant to leave MySpace because that's where "everyone" was already - I didn't know that many people who were on Facebook besides people in college.
I took a look at Facebook and loved all the white space. White space I now see on Google+ and not on Facebook. MySpace had become a cluttered piece of junk with people hocking ringtones, backgrounds and women/men who "want it now!" Facebook resembles this MySpace wasteland more everyday.
No company owns the social graph, it's always on loan. I own my relationships. In order for Facebook to be worth its ridiculous valuation they'd have to completely sell out everyone of their users 10 times over - that's not happening because we'll all be gone.
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