Comments on: Social isn’t just a problem Google can solve

By: 365SM

365SM — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:11:21 +0000

Well I agree with ” Daryl ” more people are still on FB rather then any other social network also I am sure that FB is creating new ways or techniques to fulfill the Social media needs according to the user but I am hoping that Google + will do some thing better to compete with FB and I am looking forward to it……!!!

By: (untitled) London

(untitled) London — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:47:16 +0000

We think you’ll find there’s at least five new words in this version. Thanks very much for the blog-sized comments. We’re eagerly (ish) waiting to test it out, although it’s just hit over capacity. To be honest, and a lot of people have said this, it should perhaps have been open to all. Whilst the fact that it’s just gone over capacity and crashed (ish) suggests this probably might have been too much to cope with as the world logs on, it would make the initial experience better.

And as someone once said at a distinctly average talk, make it good the first time as they won’t come a second time.

P.S. The first letter of ‘name’ ‘email’ and ‘website’ are all chopped off in our view (in Chrome).

By: Seb Mysko

Seb Mysko — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:37:01 +0000

Sorry Daryl – my bad. Foursqaure was a bad a example. I love it personally, but here in the UK it’s still only really used by people who work in digital. Facebook Places on the other hand is a great tool and we use it a hell of lot within marketing in the music industry, especially [for obvious reasons] with events.

By: Daryl

Daryl — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:48:16 +0000

I don’t necessarily agree, Sebastian. I know this is just one example, but Foursquare hasn’t exactly dominated the niche it pioneered. It seems that many people are more willing to “checkin” with FB Places due to the fact that their checkins will be posted onto their profiles, so provides a more integrated experience for users. And people tend to link their foursquare with FB and Twitter accounts for the same reason.

Who knows, maybe google can provide an offering that integrates social media with their other products (that people use all the time), which may help them catch up to Facebook I’m the social field.

By: Sebastian Mysko

Sebastian Mysko — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:44:06 +0000

Like I tweeted Mike, thought provoking stuff. After working in the ‘social’ media world now for some time, my peers and I seem to be feeling that the big players foundations are so firmly set in their places, new sites and ideas, even from the big players will struggle to get off the ground. Facebook is your #1 place to be social. For video, 90% will go to YouTube, but Vimeo is again firmly established as a visual place for creatives. Micro-blogging, twitter obviously won that one. Four Square etc etc. Sooner or later the competition falls by the way-side, and it’s got us kind of wondering… what’s the point in trying [to compete]? Anyway – wednesday rambling over. :)