...I keep reading comments like "small, tight-knit community", "drop in numbers of users", "could never reach critical mass", etc., but does anybody have the actual numbers?
What has G+'s user count been over the years, compared to other platforms?
What are the average number of daily active users versus total numbers of accounts, etc?
How big a migration are we talking about?
And what are the current numbers for the top candidate platforms being suggested as possible replacements?
Pat Johnston there are some rpg gaming communities with 5k members, biggest one ive noticed so far. This was a very convenient platform for conversations and DIY scene
Odd how there was no mention of how Google+ is most popular among young people under 21. When I tried to do other stuff on here beyond politics, I was so surprised by how many of them there were. Imagine how they must feel.
Arturs Leitans ...there are many communities on G+, maybe thousands? And some have hundreds of thousands of members. And I would also note that it has functioned more as a truely open global platform, than many others that would make that claim, with many, many users from around the world. Depending on time of day, or night, we could see daily usage ramp up and peak then decline, from the Americas, then Europe and Africa, then Asia, Australia, etc.
What a half-assed article. They could at least have chosen a writer actually familiar with the Plus, rather than simply repeating the "nobody uses it" mantra. And no mention of the thousands of photographers who've used this site to learn, network and collaborate on worldwide photo projectss? Try harder next time, cnbc.
Pat Johnston eh, i picked the nieche thing i was more familiar, but yeah, there were a lot of folks. Ive seen some numbers like 30k or 100k in the news, not sure how reliable are those tho.
Pat Johnston that is impressive number, cant tell how many are active tho, and google kept throwing things like "less then 10 sec time for interactions" etc.
Arturs Leitans ...devil's always in the details. For example, are any of those accounts duplicates? Spam bots? Etc. And stats looking at active/online usage could be misleading, if many users are like me, and draft their posts and follow-up comments offline, then paste them in and move on...
It's easy to attack the author. She wrote to me when the story broke and said so much was cut by the editors and regretted not being able to include some of the points above. She's passionate about Google+. Don't question the author's intent. It obviously came from her heart when we spoke and she didn't misquote me. I really respect that.
I thought the article came off as written with a bit of emotional bias even if not intended. The Forbes article was better on presenting the factual business case without demeaning us.
Pat Johnston I don't know that Google has ever released actual Google+ user statistics, except that one time when they made all YouTube accounts into G+ accounts. Other than Android usage figures, they don't usually release the numbers for most of their products. I think it's so they can do stuff like this. They do this all the time with their apps. But this time they're killing an entire community instead of just an app.
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Yes, she interviewed me a few days ago. Expect more people here.
ReplyDeleteJohn Lewis wait, you live in rainforest? :o
ReplyDelete...I keep reading comments like "small, tight-knit community", "drop in numbers of users", "could never reach critical mass", etc., but does anybody have the actual numbers?
ReplyDeleteWhat has G+'s user count been over the years, compared to other platforms?
What are the average number of daily active users versus total numbers of accounts, etc?
How big a migration are we talking about?
And what are the current numbers for the top candidate platforms being suggested as possible replacements?
Pat Johnston there are some rpg gaming communities with 5k members, biggest one ive noticed so far. This was a very convenient platform for conversations and DIY scene
ReplyDeleteArturs Leitans Costa Rica.
ReplyDeleteOdd how there was no mention of how Google+ is most popular among young people under 21. When I tried to do other stuff on here beyond politics, I was so surprised by how many of them there were. Imagine how they must feel.
ReplyDeleteArturs Leitans ...there are many communities on G+, maybe thousands? And some have hundreds of thousands of members. And I would also note that it has functioned more as a truely open global platform, than many others that would make that claim, with many, many users from around the world. Depending on time of day, or night, we could see daily usage ramp up and peak then decline, from the Americas, then Europe and Africa, then Asia, Australia, etc.
ReplyDeleteMy question is simply: what are the numbers?
What a half-assed article. They could at least have chosen a writer actually familiar with the Plus, rather than simply repeating the "nobody uses it" mantra. And no mention of the thousands of photographers who've used this site to learn, network and collaborate on worldwide photo projectss? Try harder next time, cnbc.
ReplyDeletePat Johnston eh, i picked the nieche thing i was more familiar, but yeah, there were a lot of folks. Ive seen some numbers like 30k or 100k in the news, not sure how reliable are those tho.
ReplyDeleteI'm here everyday, almost all day. I went back to Twitter about a year ago for fear of G+ closing but still here more. The story fits me too.
ReplyDeleteGood!
ReplyDeleteArturs Leitans ...as one example from my own small subset of communities, this Space community has 853,828 users:
ReplyDeletehttps://plus.google.com/communities/100276549585470687394
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...fwiw, I'll re-ask my questions in its own post...
ReplyDeletePat Johnston that is impressive number, cant tell how many are active tho, and google kept throwing things like "less then 10 sec time for interactions" etc.
ReplyDeleteOh, sure, NOW they notice us.
ReplyDeleteArturs Leitans ...devil's always in the details. For example, are any of those accounts duplicates? Spam bots? Etc. And stats looking at active/online usage could be misleading, if many users are like me, and draft their posts and follow-up comments offline, then paste them in and move on...
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ReplyDeleteIt's easy to attack the author. She wrote to me when the story broke and said so much was cut by the editors and regretted not being able to include some of the points above. She's passionate about Google+. Don't question the author's intent. It obviously came from her heart when we spoke and she didn't misquote me. I really respect that.
ReplyDeleteDarth PuffMaN Yes, but even 2 million isn't really a large number compared to the users of Android.
ReplyDeleteI thought the article came off as written with a bit of emotional bias even if not intended. The Forbes article was better on presenting the factual business case without demeaning us.
ReplyDeletePat Johnston I don't know that Google has ever released actual Google+ user statistics, except that one time when they made all YouTube accounts into G+ accounts.
ReplyDeleteOther than Android usage figures, they don't usually release the numbers for most of their products.
I think it's so they can do stuff like this. They do this all the time with their apps. But this time they're killing an entire community instead of just an app.