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devonrt | 13 years ago

This strikes me as underpants gnome logic:

1. Google will allow .edu Google Apps users to activate G+.

2. ?

3. G+ will "dominate" Facebook.

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spindritf|13 years ago

That's pretty much the route Facebook took so it just might work but I too remain sceptical after mentioning G+ to a few people over coffee, beer or at the university and having to explain what I'm even talking about every single time.

herval|13 years ago

that doesn't relate to the way Facebook took off AT ALL. The only "similarity" is .edu email addresses - in Facebook's case, it worked as an incentive because it was an exclusive club. Plus, it was an entirely different beast back then (and the "social network world" changed dramatically too)...

endtime|13 years ago

Without commenting on the validity of the argument, the point that you're missing (not your fault, the post wasn't clear) is that there will be separate ("siloed") G+ instances for these universities. The distinction will be the same as Googlers having access to both public and internal/corp G+.

One use case for this is that I can make a G+ event (e.g. a party) public, and know that only fellow students will see it.

nilsbunger|13 years ago

Doesn't that also mean that all their data and connections will disappear after they leave the university? How easy is it to migrate the connections and data to a personal account?