Comment by wslh
10 years ago
> It wasn't that Google wasn't capable of building a good social network.
Like automatically creating a Google+ account for every google account without asking first? I can see millions of doormant accounts where you think you are following somebody when indeed there will never be an update from that account.
That's not true, Google+ accounts were not created automatically for Google accounts.
It seems you missed many past news like:
- http://techland.time.com/2012/01/20/want-a-google-account-no...
- https://marco.org/2013/01/03/no-avoiding-googleplus (the WSJ later changed that page)
- http://www.cnet.com/news/getting-gmail-now-you-get-google-to...
Perhaps initially. Now Google forces you to create one if you want to do various kinds of things. It's not quite automatic, true, but it's almost.
Correct, but many people were "coerced" into making an account that they never had any intention of using.