So … I have this blog, which I use for longer posts. And I have a Twitter account, which I use for shorter posts. And I use Facebook, but I only add people that I know in real life. How does Google+ fit into all this?
Well, Google+ is most like Facebook, although it can be more public. But there’s a problem. Here’s what my activity looks like on Facebook:
- Facebook auto-posts one of my witty Twitter posts
- my friends tell me how funny I am
- I’m all, “Oh, you guys…”
- Facebook auto-posts one of my fascinating blog posts
- my friends tell me how clever I am
- I’m all, “Oh, you guys…”
Here’s what my activity looks like on Google+:
- …
See the problem? Google+ doesn’t do auto-posting of from Twitter or blogs. So I don’t do much on it yet. But hopefully, it will, right? I mean, there wouldn’t be any reason not to implement something that basic in a social networking site, right? I suppose I could actually write new stuff specifically for my Google+ account, but then what the heck are my Twitter account and blog for?
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Google Plus is terrific. I don’t think it will ever be more than the Pepsi to Facebook’s Coke, alas, but it’s much slicker and better designed. It’s too bad that the service has sacrificed a pile of goodwill over the last week by repeatedly publicly shooting themselves in the foot.
It’s funny. Recently, it feels like both Facebook (with their horrendous new chat interface) and Google (with the Thomas Monopoly controversy) are just seeing who can shoot themselves in the foot faster.