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Former Google+ designer slams the service for being 'Facebook lite'

Former Google+ designer slams the service for being 'Facebook lite' | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Google+ is a social network "adrift at sea," representing a big missed opportunity for the company, a former Google employee who worked on the service says.


Chris Messina, who worked on Google+ user experience design before leaving the company over a year ago, wrote a long post on Medium, in which he criticizes the service for not delivering on its initial vision of empowering users with the vast amount of data that Google collects about them.


He also calls out Google+ for not having any meaningful differentiators over its more successful competitor, Facebook. "Most people would likely describe Google+ as a newsfeed, a kind of Facebook-lite," he wrote....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

"Facebook lite" former Google employee who worked on the service says, representing a big missed opportunity for the company. Insider's fascinating look Google+. Recommended reading. 9/10

Amanda Nadon-Langlois's curator insight, December 2, 2014 9:07 AM

In my opinion, Google+ should steer clear from trying to be like Facebook. Facebook is such a successful social media platform that other platforms should not try to compete with. Google+ has its own tools and benefits in which users could use for different reasons then Facebook. Don't make consumers chose which one is best, allow them to use both for different reasons.

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Why you must move from Facebook to Google+ - The 7 Pillars Book

Why you must move from Facebook to Google+ - The 7 Pillars Book | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Right now is an extremely interesting time as there is a massive swing from Facebook to Google+ happening. This post will examine some trends and aspects of the migration that will fascinate you. I am not going to show you a whole lot of user number graphs. These are my personal experiences and I have documented them in various ways for you. Some of the content in this blog post is live and you can interact with it....

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Michael Todd offers a powerful prescription and argument for switching to Google Plus from Facebook.

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