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12 years ago. Wonder what Lemmy will look like in 12 years? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 36 points 3 years ago (16 children)

Sorry, I'm in the minority that actually liked Google+.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Circles were a good idea

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I thought circles was the best idea. I loved having a bit more control over posts. Unfortunately, only two of my friends used it, so it was worthless for me for the most part.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I enjoyed it as well. It was pretty cool. Then I became busy with other stuff and one day I heard the news that G+ would be shut down.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    If only you stayed active on it, Google wouldn't have shut it down.

    Kidding lol. I used it too, it was pretty sweet. It felt like a mix of Twitter and Tumblr.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    I don’t really know what is the problem with google+ except they are born in the wrong time where Facebook are still on the rise, instagram is new and trendy and Zuckerberg is not dreaming on metaverse

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    One of the things that probably killed it was Google enforcing people to use their real names on there. Which of course affected also commenting on YouTube as well.

    I quite liked Google+ overall. Would have been good to have a proper competitor to Facebook.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I never had my real name on it. Someone said it was based on the real name field of your email address, but I also never had my real name in that.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Sometimes when I leave google reviews, the business owner will respond and be like "Thanks for the 5 star review, Firstname!"

    Ive been using Firstname Lastname since I was born, which was 01/01/1900.

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  • [–] -3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    What did you like about it? It was basic af from what I remember. It was a FB clone, at best.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    One of its plus points (no pun intended) was that it was the first social media platform to allow more granular control over who saw your posts. You could people to 'circles' and limit posts to which ever circles of friends you selected (if I'm remembering this correctly).

    I think at that time on Facebook, you only had the option of Public, Friends or Private. It spurred Facebook on to introduce more granular control as well. So if nothing else, Google+ was good for that.

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