Post AVQaISFTnm8i8jJvKC by i_understand@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AVQYm1kufPLQkhzqwS by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-05-07T23:49:40Z
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I still kinda do miss Google Plus (aka, Google+).
(DIR) Post #AVQZ5fZgqS57kc75Y8 by AbortTheGQPNOW@mastodon.social
2023-05-07T23:53:14Z
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@lauren Yes. me as well.
(DIR) Post #AVQZ7Qj11hJ6H6JZia by bobo_of_id@mastodon.social
2023-05-07T23:53:19Z
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@lauren it wasn't around for long enough for us to learn to hate it 🤣
(DIR) Post #AVQZNGMzILAqn9Yqie by timbray@cosocial.ca
2023-05-07T23:56:24Z
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@lauren The photo sharing and gallery setup in particular.
(DIR) Post #AVQZX6FzkU22K6ysVc by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-05-07T23:58:12Z
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@timbray YES. And especially, how it let you cycle through the photos on a target page of a link, or choose not to send any photo at all with a link if you so desired!
(DIR) Post #AVQaISFTnm8i8jJvKC by i_understand@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T00:06:45Z
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@lauren big time. Circles were the greatest.I used to be quite the evangelical for Google products, that ended with the demise of G+.
(DIR) Post #AVQaKEXhjQ4sD6h20G by profcarroll@federate.social
2023-05-08T00:06:54Z
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@lauren @timbray Sounds like the amazing photo sharing features of Austin Chang’s startup The Fridge that was acquihired into G+ https://www.businessinsider.com/google-makes-its-first-aquisition-and-buys-social-group-startup-fridge-2011-7?amp
(DIR) Post #AVQaVVmPz4BGr9x9U0 by numbakrunch@mastodon.online
2023-05-08T00:09:06Z
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@lauren It was actually pretty okay.
(DIR) Post #AVQaekqpJrAqClQGPI by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-05-08T00:10:48Z
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@numbakrunch "They took paradise, put up a parking lot ..."
(DIR) Post #AVQcmx8xhRbGYQwTZ2 by revmem@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-08T00:34:38Z
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@lauren I mostly miss what it could have been, before they tried to turn it into something the same as everything else.
(DIR) Post #AVQcuXPBHJq72q9464 by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-05-08T00:36:05Z
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@revmem A big part of the problem was the early attempt to turn it into an "identity" platform. Later, there was the awful mistake of conflating Google+ and YouTube comment systems. Don't get me started on that one.
(DIR) Post #AVQdCUz90wvqkgX0Ay by drgrigg@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-08T00:39:16Z
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@lauren So much! Mastodon feels a little like it, at least, much more than Twitter ever did. Another case of Google building something which is actually pretty good, then getting bored with it.
(DIR) Post #AVQdEF8mtWokBrsECW by helix2301@twit.social
2023-05-08T00:39:21Z
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@lauren I agree was a great service that was google best attempt at social network
(DIR) Post #AVQrd5HI6HBaCPaenI by phoser@hachyderm.io
2023-05-08T03:20:56Z
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@lauren It proved why we can't have nice things. Everything that everybody wanted was there, and it just doesn't work at scale above a few (large, but sharing common purpose and interest) cliques. It was social media Camelot.
(DIR) Post #AVROzrBpwT2zebVPnc by dfrancis@mstdn.social
2023-05-08T09:34:41Z
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@lauren The quality of info was so much better. Especially the "Science!" circle I followed, which had a few hundred scientists posting actual science stuff.
(DIR) Post #AVUkx02npZIpHJUYZU by nyrath@spacey.space
2023-05-10T00:24:55Z
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@lauren I absolutely miss Google Plus. I had a great group of friends and scientists. No Trolls, no drama.Then Google axed it, and everyone scattered to the four winds, never to meet again.
(DIR) Post #AVUpy027r9mvIxTHWq by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-05-10T01:21:12Z
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@nyrath There were some trolls. I had close to 400K followers. Believe me, at that level there are trolls.