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0 pointsmindcrime7y ago0 comments

They're shutting it down precisely because no one was depending on it. How would anyone depend on a social network without any users?

It did have users. I have no idea the exact number, and clearly it wasn't as many as Facebook, but it wasn't the ghost town people always made it out to be. Some of the Communities were actually quite active.

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bliblah7y ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45792349

> "The consumer version of Google+ currently has low usage and engagement: 90% of Google+ user sessions are less than five seconds."

While i'm sure power law applies, 5 seconds is a hilariously low amount of engagement for the 90%

JoblessWonder7y ago

5 seconds is literally "I clicked the wrong link from Gmail."

mcv7y ago

Yeah, I think those stats are polluted by Google's own misguided attempts to integrate it with everything.

For active users, Google+ is basically the hub from which they strike out to the rest of the Web.

mcv7y ago

For one thing, it was known as the best RPG community on the Web. It was also very popular with photographers, I believe.

Apocryphon7y ago

Where are these Communities, exactly?

FeloniousHam7y ago

In my case, many old school RPG communities are active on Google+. I think its anti-social nature is a feature not a bug.

nkozyra7y ago

They're niche, often private, but they do exist.

Their only advantage to Facebook groups was more natural (temporal, not recommended) sorting of data.

reitanqild7y ago

Photography. Always lots of nice photos.

Some Linux kernel devs IIRC (I do not hang there).

Some local people.

One user I followed who was very into clean energy solutions.

Gardening (vegetables, chilies, general).

Ham radio.

The thing I never saw on Google+ was politics (I guess it is there but I never looked for it and never found it : )

mcv7y ago

There are a lot of RPG communities, and a lot of roleplayers and RPG designers who don't even use Communities because G+ already is a community. Communities are a later addition, and G+ works fine without them.

jpindar7y ago

It's widely used by various Open Simulator related communities, also by various groups of Ingress players.

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bliblah7y ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45792349

> "The consumer version of Google+ currently has low usage and engagement: 90% of Google+ user sessions are less than five seconds."

While i'm sure power law applies, 5 seconds is a hilariously low amount of engagement for the 90%

JoblessWonder7y ago

5 seconds is literally "I clicked the wrong link from Gmail."

mcv7y ago

Yeah, I think those stats are polluted by Google's own misguided attempts to integrate it with everything.

For active users, Google+ is basically the hub from which they strike out to the rest of the Web.

mcv7y ago

For one thing, it was known as the best RPG community on the Web. It was also very popular with photographers, I believe.

Apocryphon7y ago

Where are these Communities, exactly?

FeloniousHam7y ago

In my case, many old school RPG communities are active on Google+. I think its anti-social nature is a feature not a bug.

nkozyra7y ago

They're niche, often private, but they do exist.

Their only advantage to Facebook groups was more natural (temporal, not recommended) sorting of data.

reitanqild7y ago

Photography. Always lots of nice photos.

Some Linux kernel devs IIRC (I do not hang there).

Some local people.

One user I followed who was very into clean energy solutions.

Gardening (vegetables, chilies, general).

Ham radio.

The thing I never saw on Google+ was politics (I guess it is there but I never looked for it and never found it : )

mcv7y ago

jpindar7y ago

It's widely used by various Open Simulator related communities, also by various groups of Ingress players.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse