Yes - I'm being serious they didn't push it hard enough. If you had a Gmail or YouTube account it should have just instantly become a Google+ account in some sort of private mode so it doesn't inadvertently leak your info.

If they would have just pushed it out to everyone, day one, mandatory, no opt out, then we'd still have Google+ today.

Like if they made Google Talk the default messaging client on Android we'd still have Google Talk. I don't recall Apple making iMessage an optional messaging app you don't have to use.

[–] Opafi@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't recall Apple making iMessage an optional messaging app you don't have to use.

But... it is optional. Opt-out, sure, but optional nonetheless. I have disabled it on my work phone.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As far as I’m concerned, barely anyone uses iMessage outside US. If it weren’t for the US market, it would have been discontinued long ago.

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[–] Carter@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

I loved Google+ at the time but I was invested in the Google services ecosystem back then.

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Anyone remembers wave? Or what was it called - was definitely ahead of its time.

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[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Probably merged with all the other ActivityPub frontends into a single, hyper-customizable mega-app.

[–] g8phcon2@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I may have a user bias, but I think KBin is already started down that path, of actually making a usuable platform for both communities and users. Unlike say Lemmy that doesn't even really let you follow individual users, and Mastodon, which lets you follow Lemmy Communities, but its hard to follow threads because every post just looks like a Re-Toot by the community "user"

Then again Friendica is pretty nice too, it treats Lemmy communities just as if they are Friendica Forums, and it supports other platforms in addition to ActivityPub, including Diaspora*, and allows for integration with Email, Calendar, etc. with several very different "themes" to choose from, with the default, Firo(?), being a UI ver similar to the world's most popular social media platform, Facebook.

[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 1 points 2 years ago

I tried using Friendica as my main Fediverse hub. Unfortunately it still has big issues regarding the handling of large lists of users (I, for one, follow around 1000 Mastodon users plus about 300 Lemmy/Kbin communities), so with much pain in my heart I had to return to dual-wielding Akkoma + Lemmy.

[–] GlitchSir@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

By then I predict the big corp news media will report on Lemmy like it’s the new 4chan. Unmoderated instances that no major instance links to will give them plenty of ammunition. Non technical users will believe it to the frustration of all Lemmy.

Not trying to be a downer when they attack you, you know you’re winning

[–] coconutxyz@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bad publicity is still publicity

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[–] solstice@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Hopefully more content and more simplicity. I haven't experienced much of either yet. There's tons of threads about how great Lenny is but I'm just not seeing it yet ¯\(ツ)/¯

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