I would have appreciated it if Google provided a voluntary registry where users could leave contact links, a public...
I would have appreciated it if Google provided a voluntary registry where users could leave contact links, a public directory to be open for, say two years.
Also, there is much talk about the archiving of the site by Internet Archive, which draws concerns about whether such information should be archived, since personal stuff inadvertently gets mixed in to this.
But what about the archiving of copyrighted materials? Intellectual property? Don't their authors have a say in whether their stuff gets archived, i.e.Published somewhere? After all, there is nothing in the terms of service about archiving and Google has publicly stated that the accounts are being deleted, NOT archived.
Also, there is much talk about the archiving of the site by Internet Archive, which draws concerns about whether such information should be archived, since personal stuff inadvertently gets mixed in to this.
But what about the archiving of copyrighted materials? Intellectual property? Don't their authors have a say in whether their stuff gets archived, i.e.Published somewhere? After all, there is nothing in the terms of service about archiving and Google has publicly stated that the accounts are being deleted, NOT archived.
The Internet Archive has been running for 20 years now. It's not like the issues around them archiving copyright material are at all new.
ReplyDeleteArchiving G+ is just one of many, many projects they've run over the years. Some, like Orkut, are done with the full knowledge and support of the owners. Some are just done because it's there.
The current management of Google have repeatedly demonstrated that they do not care about Google+ users, and are only interested in abandoning Google+ as rapidly and inexpensively as possible. A voluntary registry is just one example of something in which they would never be interested (unless someone offered to pay them a profit for creating one).
ReplyDeleteThe solution that would have made sense was to leave a decent Personal/Business "home page" profile intact, sans G+ posts, etc. etc.
ReplyDeleteIronically, after all that transpired with the forced YouTube profile annexation, it wil likelyl be the YouTube profile that comes closest in terms of allwowing for that (even if you're not a posting user there), e.g. example here:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QIUZV0Zp1gJERyVyPOSZYlMDxCMWkgeczO0LFpvfp8aieUQCYeb8-18bFQuf-ok9HpskntJ1w0PCg=s0
I don't hold out a lot of hope. But I'm curious to see just what gets left of the remnants of the plus profile numeric ID URL after 2-April. I expected it to already have started disappearing from places like the avatar top right and the links in Contacts.
ReplyDeleteIf you fill in (or leave filled in) your AboutMe info, and set the blocks to public, where will it get displayed?
You could create a directory yourself by making a google form and publishing the results in a a google sheet to the web.
ReplyDeletePamela Conroy I would not know where to begin with that project. At present, it is enough to collect myself and move on. But if there were such a directory, it could be useful to all concerned.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone wants to fill out this form, I will publish it to the web. Feel free to give feedback on the form as well. Not sure my questions are exactly right.
ReplyDeletedocs.google.com - Where did Google+ users and communities (groups) go to?