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So, what happened in the past 3 months?
- Google+ got lots of signups because of the hype
- Facebook copied all the cool features of Google+:
- circles - facebook had lists, but they improved the UI and made it more visible. Now you choose whether your posts are public, or you want to target them at specific list
- counting shares - sharing existed in facebook, but it didn't count the number of shares. Now it does
- subscribe - adds the non-reciprocal "friendship" concept from twitter and Google+.
- video chat - only two people can participate though
- Google are late with releasing their API - 3 months after the initial hype a rudimentary API appeared, but you can't do much.
What if people simply get tired of Facebook and want something more niche-oriented?
Personally, FB is getting old and predictable even with the Google+-like features.
The whole purpose of facebook is “to stay connected”. And it does that in a decent way, mainly because “everybody is there”. So having a “very similar thing to facebook that has nobody” doesn’t sound enticing.
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