# Google + **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 11, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427 "2013-04-11T18:14:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shadowofneo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@shadowofneo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowofneo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/1 "2013-04-11T18:14:32Z")
Starting to wonder if this is the service that will kill the internet, by putting everything in one place, I’m sure I’m not the only one that feels this way about it ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/2 "2013-04-11T18:15:45Z")
People use Google+? ---
**Author:** ![shadowofneo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@shadowofneo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowofneo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/3 "2013-04-11T18:24:27Z")
Well not yet, but when they force its usage because the standalone sites are taken offline, facebook, twitter and youtube may be no more ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/4 "2013-04-11T18:28:58Z")
> [@shadowofneo](#): > > Well not yet, but when they force its usage because the standalone sites are taken offline, facebook, twitter and youtube may be no more Nah. ---
**Author:** ![shadowofneo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@shadowofneo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowofneo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/5 "2013-04-11T18:31:30Z")
i hope not because it hijacked my youtube ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/6 "2013-04-11T18:43:07Z")
Google+: comically irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/7 "2013-04-11T18:52:11Z")
> [@shadowofneo](#): > > Well not yet, but when they force its usaga because the standalone sites are taken offline, facebook, twitter and youtube may be no more Who is they and how are they forcing ussge of Google+? Oh and there’s an internet beyond facebook, twitter and youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/8 "2013-04-11T18:53:50Z")
Google+ couldn’t hijack a valentine delivered by a first grader on a tricycle. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/9 "2013-04-11T19:34:07Z")
I’ve heard (though have no firsthand knowledge) that Google+ is slowly overtaking Facebook in terms of groups of people interested in a specific subject. A lot of my aspiring writer friends have taken refuge there rather than put up with FB’s constant shenanigans. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/10 "2013-04-11T19:39:21Z")
> [@shadowofneo](#): > > Well not yet, but when they force its usage because the standalone sites are taken offline, facebook, twitter and youtube may be no more Nah. I’m hearing more and more people moving away from Google services because of the way they’re doing this. Granted, my sample size is pretty small, but we’re noisy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/11 "2013-04-11T19:53:12Z")
> [@shadowofneo](#): > > Well not yet, but when they force its usage because the standalone sites are taken offline, facebook, twitter and youtube may be no more Google owns youtube so I think it’s safe. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/12 "2013-04-11T19:54:47Z")
> [@kiz](#): > > I’ve heard (though have no firsthand knowledge) that Google+ is slowly overtaking Facebook in terms of groups of people interested in a specific subject. That’s how I use it. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/13 "2013-04-11T20:34:28Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Google owns youtube so I think it’s safe. He might have been suggesting that Google will make us use + as a portal to reach You Tube, docs, gmail, etc. Essentially a SSO setup. I don’t see it happening. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/14 "2013-04-13T00:38:58Z")
They are being somewhat evil in how much the push Google+ over any other options. For instance, use Picasa to upload a set of images. The option to share an album via Google+ is right up front and easy to find. The option to share an album via URL is in a disused lavatory behind a sign that says “Beware of leopard”. It is a precursor to a lot more evil coming down the road. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/15 "2013-04-13T01:43:06Z")
Google Hangouts seem to be rising in popularity. But Google+ just seems invisible, nobody is talking about it or using it in any necessary way. I wish Google Wave had been marketed appropriately (as a conferencing tool for businesses and clubs), it had way more potential at revolution than Google+. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/16 "2013-04-13T05:23:19Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > He might have been suggesting that Google will make us use + as a portal to reach You Tube, docs, gmail, etc. Essentially a SSO setup. I don’t see it happening. Oh, I can see where that might happen. In fact, I wouldn’t at all be surprised if Google isn’t thinking about how they could eliminate multiple logins and stuff so that it’s all under one banner. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/17 "2013-04-13T06:09:28Z")
Some of us have no interest in a service like Google+ which requires real names. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/18 "2013-04-13T12:07:41Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Oh, I can see where that might happen. In fact, I wouldn’t at all be surprised if Google isn’t thinking about how they could eliminate multiple logins and stuff so that it’s all under one banner. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![shadowofneo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@shadowofneo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowofneo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/19 "2013-11-11T22:16:58Z")
well it happened, any apologies? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/20 "2013-11-11T23:47:55Z")
Oh, did the internet die? I must have missed that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427.md?page=2)