Google's Google+ might succeed, in part, for reasons that have nothing to do with features. Google has created the opportunity for people to get a social network "do over."Where on Facebook a user has to "de-friend" a contact, something people might be reluctant to do, Google+ handles such actions gracefully.
Unlike Facebook, LinkedIn, or most other social networks, there's no such thing as a "friend request," in one sense.
Users can create groups of friends, called Circles, including both other Google+ users and nonusers who receive status updates by e-mail rather than from the site. But that's not the key feature.
As a Google+ user, you never are in the awkward situation of receiving a friend request from someone you don't really want to be Google+ friends with.
Nor will you have to face the awkward decision of whether or not to de-friend a former contact. Just remove them from your circles, which are never revealed to other users. Other than that, Google+ looks and behaves a lot like Facebook.
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Users can create groups of friends, called Circles, including both other Google+ users and nonusers who receive status updates by e-mail rather than from the site. But that's not the key feature.
As a Google+ user, you never are in the awkward situation of receiving a friend request from someone you don't really want to be Google+ friends with.
Nor will you have to face the awkward decision of whether or not to de-friend a former contact. Just remove them from your circles, which are never revealed to other users. Other than that, Google+ looks and behaves a lot like Facebook.
Read more.
1 comment:
I may not receive a friend request, but I get notified of that. If I don't add the new person to my Circles, the person would know because when the person visits my Profile page it says how many of my Circles contain that person.
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