The article explains that many of the earliest members of Google+ stopped using the site shortly after starting in July because their friends were not members. At a web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, Mr Gundotra, Google's vice president, explained that Google+ has a major advantage to gaining new members. People visit all kinds of Google sites and services everyday; Google will be encouraging people to join Google+ when they visit these sites.
I didn't think any social networking site would be able to compete with Facebook, until I read this article. I had not considered the networking power of Google and their ability to brainwash people into joining their SNS through advertisements on google maps or google's gmail. Good luck resisting fellow cyberspace users.
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/google-will-get-new-features-and-new-users-executive-says/?ref=technology
I don't know why, but feel like I don't "get" Google+. When there was that huge rush to sign up/get invited to sign up a few months ago, my response was: "Do I really need another social networking site membership? Meh." Now, a few months later, I still feel basically the same about it, possibly even less enthused than I was before. Maybe this attitude will change in the future and I'll be peer-pressured into joining (like I was when Facebook first came out), but for now, I'll stick with Facebook and continue to try and figure out why I "need" a Google+ account.
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