Google+ provides Facebook alternative - Features - Technician - North Carolina State University
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Social networking is rapidly evolving into an obnoxious potpourri of personal hindrance. It was once a growing rage, now it has just become an unavoidable adherence. Moreover the market is getting saturated, the numbers don’t matter anymore.
It all started with the shameless coup by a Harward sophomore, whom I don’t need to name anymore. Just one social networking, it took the whole world into its claws. Undoubtedly, it was a attractive venture and had all the ingredients in the right mix. It had everything for anyone. It made communication simple. Then came the micro-blogging race that nearly overtook facebook.
Though these initiatives have their gore sire, they did find their use at times of voicing issues globally. Not to forget the Egypt riots, Anna hazares’s fast, facebook and twitter were the sole medium of communication for people to join, organise and raise their voice against the herculean bureaucrats.
Having said that, one must definitely appreciate the courage of Google to launch a supposedly novel product to capture yet another million hearts. Google+ project was a bold step considering the mass flop of their previous attempt to revolutionise social networking through the “Wave”.
“Introducing a few new thoughts on sharing”- this was the theme google wanted to focus and thats exactly what they have created by means of different concepts. Here is a brief know-how to familiarize ourselves with the Google+
A typical home page of Google+ looks something like this
Circles: a revolutionary thought to segregate your friend list based on your choice. It’s a closed group to maintain your data. “There are things, I don’t want to show my Mom but would want my close friends to talk about, that’s exactly circle helps me with” so says Katy.
Huddle: this is not just a forum based talk-through. It provides conference video sync and gives a chat room environment.
Streams: our familiar and used information wall to read random posts from anybody. In a way its similar to the Google buzz, the fizzled out concept brought a few months back to break the facebook mayhem.
Photos: For those of you who are not aware, google has clubbed the Picasa service to G+ this where you maintain your photos from now on there is no separate arena to save your photos. But then you can decide your circles to view it.
So what has G+ transformed?
It has given a new meaning to one’s social life. Its has given respect to individuals personal space at the same time providing enough fun and food for others to see and talk about.
Even though G+ is similar to facebook in more than one aspect, people still believe its a worthy transformation from the latter. But its true that people are still hesitant to make that radical shift.
How similar is it to facebook, here is the comparison.
Facebook’s driving force is its wall. G+ has streams
Facebook has chat messenger, G+ has Huddle, and you can even make conference video chats here.
G+ has circles facebook can’t do that!
Is it the weapon to break facebook’s success? We may not know but it just deserves to.
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