Chris TrottierEveryone gives Meta and Twitter flack for the hellscape that is social media.
But you know who else deserves flack? Google.
They killed RSS so that everyone would use Google+ for news. Instead, everyone used Facebook and Twiter.
Oblomov@atomicpoet
I don't really think that's something that could be put on Google though. The migration off RSS to Facebook and Twitter had started before Google killed its Reader.
I don't really think that's something that could be put on Google though. The migration off RSS to Facebook and Twitter had started before Google killed its Reader.
@atomicpoet
Actually, if anything, one could argue that G+ was the failed attempt of Google to keep up with the competition. Ironically, today if they wanted to do that, they could try help the #Fediverse grow, just to subtract ad revenue from the competition.
Actually, if anything, one could argue that G+ was the failed attempt of Google to keep up with the competition. Ironically, today if they wanted to do that, they could try help the #Fediverse grow, just to subtract ad revenue from the competition.
@oblomov Google's many screw-ups with social media are long and varied.
During the entire span that Google's been around, they launched and then killed:
1. Orkut
2. Wave
3. Buzz
4. Jaiku
5. Shoelace
That's not even all of them!
@oblomov Also, Google Reader is exactly why Google should not be trusted with the Fediverse.
Even if they achieved market dominance with a Google-branded instance, they would eventually kill it. And then the whole Fediverse would die along with it.
Tane Piper ⁂@atomicpoet @oblomov also what they did to Usenet
Oh, THAT is something I really despise them for.