Ask HN: How to describe Google Circles to not-so-smart people? Every time I try to explain what a google circle is, people (for some reason) go out of their way to defend facebook. Is that because they depend so much on it? How do I explain people how circles are NOT facebook groups? Edit 1: Changed title to add 'Google' |
I myself also don't see how it's a Facebook killer. I don't care about social networking, don't spend tons of time there, barely mange to check out my 'feed' sometimes.
If all my friends go there, sure, I'll tag along, why not? But am I going to make an actual effort, make a profile and even try to get my friends to join (as there will probably be none) all because of it having a new way of grouping people? No way.
I'm not saying it's not going to workout, it might or might not. Nobody knows at this point. Just understand that most people don't care about something being a little better if they don't see how it's game changing for them. And let's be honest, for most of us google+ won't change much at all, for me the experience would be very similar on both sites. So if somebody comes telling you how google+ is so different the natural reaction is to dismiss that person. And also keep in mind that for some people Circles are a feature they would not want to see.