The internet is dead? Why didn’t anyone tell me? And if that’s the case, where am I now?
What happened?
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.
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.
It eliminated Freeze Peach. 
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.
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.
nice
around 1998 to about 2004, it was slow and painful
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?
you should try startpage, much less jumbled and corporate
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
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.
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?
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
Always nice talking to you, Orin.
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.
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.
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?
This is freaking hilarious!
I’m a loner, Dottie… a rebel. You don’t want to get mixed up with a guy like me…