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Nobody Is Using Google+
http://www.businessinsider.com/google-active-users-2015-1
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I use Google+ and my stream is always busy and interesting. G+ is just different than Facebook or Twitter. It is more of a social network for interests than for connecting with friends and family.
I think Google+ was ahead if its time.
I, for myself can see a gradual move from Facebook to Whatsapp. That's because everybody uses Whatsapp (at least in Germany), thus making it available just as Facebook was/is. However, by creating groups in Whatsapp you have something like a private Facebook where you can share data with the people you choose. Very simple. I can't remember the last time I posted something on Facebook, but while I wrote this post I shared something in two Whatsapp groups.
G+ is in my opinion the a very good solution (circles are like whatsapp groups for your friends), but it didn't make. I think that's mainly because of the way you gained access to the product. For G+ you need the large, and untransparent Google account, whereas whatsapp needs just a phone number.
I, for myself can see a gradual move from Facebook to Whatsapp. That's because everybody uses Whatsapp (at least in Germany), thus making it available just as Facebook was/is. However, by creating groups in Whatsapp you have something like a private Facebook where you can share data with the people you choose. Very simple. I can't remember the last time I posted something on Facebook, but while I wrote this post I shared something in two Whatsapp groups.
G+ is in my opinion the a very good solution (circles are like whatsapp groups for your friends), but it didn't make. I think that's mainly because of the way you gained access to the product. For G+ you need the large, and untransparent Google account, whereas whatsapp needs just a phone number.
G+ is underrated. Would be the best social network now (technically) if it was run as stand alone entity without googles name attached.
This piece only looks at Google+ posts, it fails to take into consideration other features, such as Hangouts. I haven't posted an update on Google+ in years (except for changing my profile photo recently), but I use Hangouts almost every day.
I didn't even realise Hangouts was coupled to G+ until I read your comment. Now I realise I've been implicitly ignoring it every time I've had a hangout.
Poor Google Plus.
Poor Google Plus.
To be honest I hate the style of Google+.
Circles let you differentiate the content you share with work friends and wider colleagues.
I have absolutely no interest in using G+ for my personal life but it's a very handy tool for internal communication in an organisation.