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G+ wanted to be a rendezvous for all social/sharing activities on Google, and it turned out that many users didn't like it. Would G+ have fared better if it didn't force G+ onto every Google property? Maybe? It's easy to do armchair analysis, but hindsight is 20/20.


There is no 'hindsight is 20/20' here.

Everyone knew what Google was doing was monumentally stupid on so many grounds.

There was widespread criticism over the real names policy and linking across properties.


No, plenty of people said it would be terrible as soon as it was announced.


If nobody had the foresight, they would have all been fine with joining Google and they wouldn't have failed. Google didn't have the foresight.




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