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==About==
 
==About==
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[[Google+]] (pronounced [[Google Plus]] and often written as "G+") is a [[social networking service]] created and operated by [[Google]]. It was in beta (and invitation-only) for much of July, but as of {{date|2011-07-31}} the [[:File:2011-07-31 0922 Google Plus home page.png|home page]] and [[:File:2011-07-31 0925 Google Plus sign-in page.png|sign-in page]] showed no signs of any restriction, agreeing with a rumored July 31 release date.
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===Pages===
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[[Google+]] (pronounced [[Google Plus]] and often written as "G+") was a [[social networking service]] created and operated by [[Google]]. It was in beta (and invitation-only) for much of July, 2011, but as of {{date|2011-07-31}} the [[:File:2011-07-31 0922 Google Plus home page.png|home page]] and [[:File:2011-07-31 0925 Google Plus sign-in page.png|sign-in page]] showed no signs of any restriction.  General public release was on or about July 31 with open access to all afterwards.
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The service shut down on April 1, 2019.  Much of the user content has been saved to the Internet Archive, though indications are that the sampling was quite sparse.
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== Features and Technology ==
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Basic features of Google+ included:
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* Circles in which users may organize others.
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* User Profile page
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* Stream
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* +1 Button
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* Photos
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* Hangouts
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* Communities
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* Notifications
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* Search
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At its heartm the service resembled a blogging or microblogging platform with a very limited (and chronically buggy) [[Markdown]] format, in which posts may appear in other users' Streams.
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== Controversies ==
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Google+ has been the source of a number of controversies over its existence, including:
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* [[/policy/naming|"Real Names" policy, aka "Nymwars"]].
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* Gender disclosure.
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* Government censorship, particularly in the [[People's Republic of China]].
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* YouTube Comments / G+ integration.
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* "Two Factor Authentication" and phone-number registration.
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== Critiques ==
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Numerous criticisms and analyses of Google+ have been made and could well be linked here including those by [[User:Woozle]] and/or [[User:Dredmorbius]].
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== Pages ==
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* [[/exodus]]: information kiosk for those who have left, or are planning to leave, G+ (voluntarily or otherwise)
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* [[/management]]: the people who make decisions about G+ [[/policy]]
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* [[/policy]]
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** [[/policy/naming|/naming]]: the infamous "common name" policy, and the controversy regarding it
 
* [[/suspensions]]: list of users whose accounts have been suspended due to ostensible naming policy violations
 
* [[/suspensions]]: list of users whose accounts have been suspended due to ostensible naming policy violations
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===Pseudonym Dispute===
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* [[/users]]: small experimental database for tracking G+ users (including management)
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G+'s [http://www.google.com/intl/en/+/policy/content.html policy] of requiring users to use only "the name your friends, family or co-workers usually call you" has been the source of a large number of user complaints for the following reasons:
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* Google's enforcement of this policy has been somewhat arbitrary.
 
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* Google's enforcement of this policy has not always been consistent with the policy as written. The policy says you can use a name that people "usually call you", but enforcers seem to be interpreting this to mean "legal name (or variant thereof)"... unless that name sounds too unusual (to their ears) to be a "real" name.
 
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* Towards enforcement of the policy on G+, Google often cut users off from access to all other Google services such as [[Gmail]].
 
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* There does not appear to be a formal appeal process after having your account (either G+ or Google in general) disabled.
 
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* Many users are known better by their online handles than by their legal names.
 
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* Many users have valid reasons not to use their legal names in public or semi-public spaces online, ranging from personal protection to aesthetic preference.
 
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* It is not clear what the purpose of this policy is, as Google's explanations so far have not correlated with reality.
 
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** One explanation Google has offered is that they want to make it easier for people to find each other by name. However, in some cases an alias works better for this, e.g. an author known mainly by her pen-name, or a user with a very common legal name who prefers to go by her unusual alias ''because'' it is more recognizable and unique than her legal name.
 
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==Links==
 
 
===Official===
 
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* [http://www.google.com/intl/en/+/policy/content.html User Content and Conduct Policy]
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* <s>[https://plus.google.com service home page]</s>
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* [http://www.google.com/support/+/bin/answer.py?answer=1228271 Your name and Google Profiles]
 
 
===Reference===
 
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* {{wikipedia}}
 
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Latest revision as of 15:10, 24 February 2020


About

Google+ (pronounced Google Plus and often written as "G+") was a social networking service created and operated by Google. It was in beta (and invitation-only) for much of July, 2011, but as of 2011-07-31 the home page and sign-in page showed no signs of any restriction. General public release was on or about July 31 with open access to all afterwards.

The service shut down on April 1, 2019. Much of the user content has been saved to the Internet Archive, though indications are that the sampling was quite sparse.

Features and Technology

Basic features of Google+ included:

  • Circles in which users may organize others.
  • User Profile page
  • Stream
  • +1 Button
  • Photos
  • Hangouts
  • Communities
  • Notifications
  • Search

At its heartm the service resembled a blogging or microblogging platform with a very limited (and chronically buggy) Markdown format, in which posts may appear in other users' Streams.

Controversies

Google+ has been the source of a number of controversies over its existence, including:

Critiques

Numerous criticisms and analyses of Google+ have been made and could well be linked here including those by User:Woozle and/or User:Dredmorbius.

Pages

  • /exodus: information kiosk for those who have left, or are planning to leave, G+ (voluntarily or otherwise)
  • /management: the people who make decisions about G+ /policy
  • /policy
    • /naming: the infamous "common name" policy, and the controversy regarding it
  • /suspensions: list of users whose accounts have been suspended due to ostensible naming policy violations
  • /users: small experimental database for tracking G+ users (including management)

External Links

Official

Reference

Related

  • 2014/06/09 [L..T] Thanks for nothing, jerkface "In case you missed it, Google CEO Sergey Brin publicly admitted last week that Google+ was "a mistake" for him – one month after the man he hired to run the social network, Vic Gundotra, left the company without explanation."
  • 2011/07/27 [L..T] Why it Matters: Google+ and Diversity Just a few days before Google+'s doors officially open on July 31, Google's latest communications from Vic (via Robert) and Bradley on the raft of account suspensions and “common names” policy seem unlikely to put the “identity crisis” to rest. It's certainly a positive sign that they're engaging, and process changes like giving people with names Google doesn't like a week to change their account name before suspending them are certainly improvements. That said, the impression they're giving is that they're going to try to hold the line with the current policy even knowing that it targets transgender people, human rights activists, people at risk for stalking and harrassment domestic violence survivors, HIV/AIDS victims and caregivers, people with names that sound weird to Americans (or for that matter people in Hong Kong who would rather go by their English names)..."
  • 2011/07/26 [L..T] Fraudsters Already Exploiting Google+ It was inevitable. With the creation of Google+, a new social network already boasting over 20 million users, the scammers were sure to follow. Here's a note a probable fraudster sent to reader Geoff through his Google+ profile, informing him that someone died in Africa and he needs to be contacted about a "business transaction" of "magnitude."
  • 2011/07/03 [L..T] Google made my son cry


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