# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/21 "2013-11-11T23:51:35Z")
The internet is _dead_? Why didn’t anyone tell me? And if that’s the case, _where am I_ now? ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/22 "2013-11-12T00:48:17Z")
> [@shadowofneo](#): > > well it happened, any apologies? What happened? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/23 "2013-11-12T00:51:25Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > People use Google+? I have a weekly RPG group that meets on Google Chat, which pretty much requires it. Other than that… not much use for it at present for me. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/24 "2013-11-12T00:59:31Z")
There’s a huge difference between the Internet and social media. Even if it were possible that Google could take over social media (twitter, Facebook, etc.), that’s really only a small (albeit very visible) piece of the Internet. I spend hours every day on the Internet, and use it for all kinds of personal and business purposes, and never visit any social media sites. The only time I use Google is as a search engine – I don’t have any kind of Google ID. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/25 "2013-11-12T01:50:06Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > What happened? It eliminated Freeze Peach. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/26 "2013-11-12T01:59:23Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > What happened? Google+ is now required for commenting on youtube. So far it’s. . .not very pretty. There are some interesting things they’re trying like the google+ friends preference. If anyone in my G+ circles comments on a video, youtube will make that one of the top comments on the assumption that I care more about what that person says than anyone else. You can also use your G+ circles to have semi-private conversations. But right now, the comments are super spammy, and their activity metric is promoting flamefests higher than constructive conversations. Also, Google thought tying comments to G+ would cut down on people’s desires to post ASCII dicks. That appears to not be the case. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/27 "2013-11-12T02:55:45Z")
They are forcing everyone who uses YouTube to have a Google+ account. The thing is, I have a number of different YouTube accounts - personal, business, ones for various bands. Which means that every single one of those, which are separate for good reasons all have bullshit Google+ accounts. They claim that it’s about improving the quality of comments on YouTube, but I’ve never had a problem with that because I constantly check my comments, deleting abusive and spammy posts and banning the posters. Make that I USED to. I no longer can, without creating a dozen or more different Google+ accounts, every last fucking one of which is trying to post my name. I don’t want them to have my name, because, damn it, they aren’t me! They are personal accounts, business accounts and accounts for various bands! It’s all about bogusly inflating Google+ activity. If they can force everyone who uses YouTube to appear to be a Google+ users, they can pretend that Google+ is not a colossal failure. ---
**Author:** ![shadowofneo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@shadowofneo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowofneo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/28 "2013-11-12T07:29:13Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > It eliminated Freeze Peach. 😛 nice ---
**Author:** ![shadowofneo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@shadowofneo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowofneo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/29 "2013-11-12T07:32:05Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Oh, did the internet die? I must have missed that. around 1998 to about 2004, it was slow and painful > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The internet is _dead_? Why didn’t anyone tell me? And if that’s the case, _where am I_ now? you are in the matrix, and apparently took the blue pill, how many fingers am i holding up? Can you remember where they touched you? Do you remember your name? ---
**Author:** ![shadowofneo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@shadowofneo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowofneo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/30 "2013-11-12T07:33:25Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > There’s a huge difference between the Internet and social media. Even if it were possible that Google could take over social media (twitter, Facebook, etc.), that’s really only a small (albeit very visible) piece of the Internet. I spend hours every day on the Internet, and use it for all kinds of personal and business purposes, and never visit any social media sites. The only time I use Google is as a search engine – I don’t have any kind of Google ID. you should try startpage, much less jumbled and corporate ---
**Author:** ![shadowofneo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@shadowofneo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowofneo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/31 "2013-11-12T07:36:07Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Google+: comically irrelevant. some say i’m ahead of my time, others say i make them hurry up and wait, more proof that reality is subject to the observers perspective ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/32 "2013-11-12T07:38:25Z")
If you hit that button just to the right of the button labeled quote in every post you wish to respond to, when you click Post Reply, they’ll all be in quote boxes waiting for your comments so you don’t have to post a bunch of times in a row. ---
**Author:** ![shadowofneo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@shadowofneo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowofneo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/33 "2013-11-12T07:38:49Z")
> [@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. you meant ‘i can’t see it happening’, thanks to your rose colored glasses, oh yeah i meant to ask someone wearing a pair, whats the color nine smell like? ---
**Author:** ![shadowofneo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@shadowofneo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowofneo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/34 "2013-11-12T07:43:30Z")
well see that’s the funny thing stickler around here i’m seen as a nuisance pest that pops up every once in a while and really fucks with things, a rebel of sorts, hence why i didn’t quote you directly, rebel. btw \<\< (haha) i didn’t really care much about the other posts up until i did, and didn’t much feel like going back through and editing all my posts into a single multi-quoted post, alas my foresight ain’t \<\< (haha) so good. bunnies are watching you have you noticed the drop down label that clearly states the buttons purpose, see how i even edited this post to show i’m not lazy enough not to edit just too lazy to censor events that i control, go find your blankey ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/35 "2013-11-12T14:54:59Z")
Always nice talking to you, Orin. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/36 "2013-11-12T16:03:08Z")
I’m hoping they don’t start requiring Google+ to get to your Picasa library. They’ve already set it up so that you need Google+ if you want to edit Picasa images online. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/37 "2013-11-12T16:37:45Z")
If you have to sign up for Google+ just give it a minimum amount of info. I just gave it my first initial and last name and it’s happy so far. If it required a birthdate I made up one that is similar but different than my real one. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/38 "2013-11-12T16:54:07Z")
> [@shadowofneo](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > The internet is _dead_? Why didn’t anyone tell me? And if that’s the case, _where am I_ now? > > you are in the matrix, and apparently took the blue pill, how many fingers am i holding up? Can you remember where they touched you? Do you remember your name? I can’t tell; are the references to the film The Matrix meant to be humorous, metaphorical, or do you somehow think that it was real life? ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/39 "2013-11-12T17:03:17Z")
> [@shadowofneo](#): > > well see that’s the funny thing stickler around here i’m seen as a nuisance pest that pops up every once in a while and really fucks with things, a rebel of sorts … This is freaking hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427/40 "2013-11-12T19:12:03Z")
> [@shadowofneo](#): > > well see that’s the funny thing stickler around here i’m seen as a nuisance pest that pops up every once in a while and really fucks with things, a rebel of sorts, hence why i didn’t quote you directly, rebel. I’m a loner, Dottie… a rebel. You don’t want to get mixed up with a guy like me… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google/655427.md?page=3)