It's amazing how different perspectives breed different opinions. Google Plus a ghost town? Not from my viewpoint. I spend about 10 minutes a day on G+, usually posting an image (I'm a photographer), and checking the posts of my closest friends. I average between 30 to 70 comments and +1s for every one of my posts. Are those commenters ghosts? I think not! To someone like me, it seems like this journalist is the liar, but more likely just writing from his own experience and not finding out facts such as for whom it is a ghost town, and for whom it is not. You can't just generalize such as this article reads, and expect to have it be received with respect from those who have direct experience with a completely different point of view than what you have offered.
How can you say "Respect for customers rests on respect for the truth." at the end of this article? If you would actually try it and give it a chance you would see just how thriving it is. I can spend two or three days away from Facebook and still see all my friends' posts. If I'm gone from G+ for more than 8-10 hours I have a hard time catching up.
I want to know how they classify people as a G+ user for that statistic you mentioned (but didn't cite). As far as I can tell, anyone who has a Google account technically has a G+ account. If all those are included then of course the average time spent is going to be low. All those people who have never even given it a try (aka not users) are going to skew the stats.
the people responsible for this report have to be writing just for the lack of anything real or something G+ is far from a failure or a ghost town, what kind of a joke is CBS NEWS ?
this story is such a gorse misrepresentation of the truth there's nothing more to say other then maybe check the facts in a story before you publish....
nice touch as well forcing all to use a facebook or twiiter account to reply guessing CBS dont have the money or people with knowlege enough to figure out how to allow a G+ loggin to comment ..
I use google+ way more than I have any other social network. Right now over 4,000 people have me circled and I interact with dozens of people on multiple posts. I've never been more involved in a social network before. I recommend that you look up my profile JD Kozza and scroll and find where I re-shared this article and see what people who use google+ think.
John, you have a total of 40 people who have circled you and you have circled 3 on G+. Forgive me if I don't take your word on the 'failure' of G+. But let me relate to you, and others, my personal experience on G+ and why I see it as wildly successful.
On G+ I have taken live interactive cooking classes with top chefs across the country. I have taken these classes with friends who live in different parts of the world. We could all see one another, laugh, have a great time. The chef was able to see what we were doing and help us along. I PAID FOR THIS CLASS and will continue to do so.
I work freelance and I have connected with people and have landed projects through G+. Yes, I'm doing business, too.
When I had problems with my computer and posted about it to my stream, the head of IT for a Fortune 100 company answered my question and helped me. I've worked in sales for decades. Even just last year, I would scoop out an ovary with my bare hands to have the kind of access to C level executives I now have.
I've been part of charity projects that have formed quickly, raised a ton of money, and done good - all on G+. And the people involved stay involved.
I've been able to have informative, civil discussions on religion, race relations, and politics on G+. That's the NORM. When I had delicate questions about an issue with transgendered persons, I asked on G+. The discussion was one of the more amazing discussions I have taken part of - anywhere. Can you even imagine the trolling and flame-fest that would have happened on facebook?
Several of my friends, who work for different employers, now use G+ hangouts for business video conference business meetings. They share google docs and everything works smoothly.
Another friend launched her G+ business and she'll be quitting the day job. The network she built on G+, that she was unable to build as fast or well on other social networks, is what she attributes her success to.
Look at the Demos for G+. The unofficial demos are business professional in their 30's and 40's. For many businesses those are ideal demos.
All of these are just snips about what's happening at G+. And no, I don't and haven't ever worked for Google. I love G+. It's like a cocktail party with intelligent, wonderful people. It's where people go to talk about what they are passionate about with others who are just as passionate.
Why John Baldoni is a failure: I love Google+ and I get so many posts and interactions that it is almost overwhelming! Thanks for lowering the bar for "journalism" btw. Posting link bait title, making a bunch of unproven assertions (not a single source!), then not even proving the claim in your awful title!
You are guilty of exactly what you're accusing Google of doing... viewing Plus from one perspective without seeing the whole picture. Google Plus is not dead. Sure, there are those people signed up with Plus who don't use it, or only spend a few minutes on it, but there are people who spend just as much if not more time on Plus as Facebookers spend on it.
This article is very well written. It is describing something that only intelligent people who pay attention will understand. Of course those who suffer from internet myopia will not agree. Google Plus looks a desperate project that must succeed at all costs, even if it means integrity is put aside for a while.
Mr. Baldoni...... Please tell us......the millions of users of Google plus where you are getting your information? Every time a story like this pops up, we the users just laugh. Your information about the amount of G+ users is highly inaccurate. How are you coming to the conclusion that G+ is a ghost town? My stream is packed with over 2,000 people who post items by the second. If the tool that is being used is to look at "public" posts, then therein lies the problem. I, as I think most people on G+ do, do not post anything publicly. So by looking at that I would be invisible. Yet I post items and interact with people everyday. And it's much more than 3 minutes a day! I also find it hysterical that I could not find a Google +1 button anywhere on this CBS website. Sounds like your bashing a company you really don't want to support in the first place. Bad form sir....bad form.
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I want to know how they classify people as a G+ user for that statistic you mentioned (but didn't cite). As far as I can tell, anyone who has a Google account technically has a G+ account. If all those are included then of course the average time spent is going to be low. All those people who have never even given it a try (aka not users) are going to skew the stats.
this story is such a gorse misrepresentation of the truth there's nothing more to say other then maybe check the facts in a story before you publish....
nice touch as well forcing all to use a facebook or twiiter account to reply guessing CBS dont have the money or people with knowlege enough to figure out how to allow a G+ loggin to comment ..
On G+ I have taken live interactive cooking classes with top chefs across the country. I have taken these classes with friends who live in different parts of the world. We could all see one another, laugh, have a great time. The chef was able to see what we were doing and help us along. I PAID FOR THIS CLASS and will continue to do so.
I work freelance and I have connected with people and have landed projects through G+. Yes, I'm doing business, too.
When I had problems with my computer and posted about it to my stream, the head of IT for a Fortune 100 company answered my question and helped me. I've worked in sales for decades. Even just last year, I would scoop out an ovary with my bare hands to have the kind of access to C level executives I now have.
I've been part of charity projects that have formed quickly, raised a ton of money, and done good - all on G+. And the people involved stay involved.
I've been able to have informative, civil discussions on religion, race relations, and politics on G+. That's the NORM. When I had delicate questions about an issue with transgendered persons, I asked on G+. The discussion was one of the more amazing discussions I have taken part of - anywhere. Can you even imagine the trolling and flame-fest that would have happened on facebook?
Several of my friends, who work for different employers, now use G+ hangouts for business video conference business meetings. They share google docs and everything works smoothly.
Another friend launched her G+ business and she'll be quitting the day job. The network she built on G+, that she was unable to build as fast or well on other social networks, is what she attributes her success to.
Look at the Demos for G+. The unofficial demos are business professional in their 30's and 40's. For many businesses those are ideal demos.
All of these are just snips about what's happening at G+. And no, I don't and haven't ever worked for Google. I love G+. It's like a cocktail party with intelligent, wonderful people. It's where people go to talk about what they are passionate about with others who are just as passionate.
Cara Schulz
I love Google+ and I get so many posts and interactions that it is almost overwhelming! Thanks for lowering the bar for "journalism" btw. Posting link bait title, making a bunch of unproven assertions (not a single source!), then not even proving the claim in your awful title!
Google Plus looks a desperate project that must succeed at all costs, even if it means integrity is put aside for a while.
I also find it hysterical that I could not find a Google +1 button anywhere on this CBS website. Sounds like your bashing a company you really don't want to support in the first place. Bad form sir....bad form.