I've been playing around with Google+ a little today. Farhad Manjoo no like, More Like Google Minus:
... First, I don't know whom the company thinks it's kidding; Google+ is obviously a direct competitor to Facebook. Given the large overlap in functionality, I can't imagine that many people will use Google+ and Facebook simultaneously. For most of us, it will be one or the other. Google+'s success, then, will rest in large part on Google's ability to convince people to ditch Facebook for the new site. For that, Google+ will have to offer some compelling view of social networking that's substantially different from what's available on Facebook. And that's where Google+ baffles me. What is so compelling about Google+ that I can't currently get on Facebook or Twitter? Or Gmail, for that matter? At the moment, I can't tell.... ... But circles are nothing new. Facebook has offered several ways ...
