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G+ launched with Group video chat (in the Hangouts feature) with no fanfare at all, as it if was nothing.

FB's announcement today has spent a lot of time talking about how much work it was to implement...

It's got to be a huge kick in the pants to them. I kind of feel bad for them.
It's just Google Analytics, with custom events so we can get statistics about failure.
Why not hustlemag.com? I think Hustle Magazine is a stronger name with some edge to it.
The video features built into gchat have served my needs perfectly. Between hangouts & youtube video sharing, I think google+ is out-shining them at this point in time.
A while back (6 months? more?) Facebook tweaked things so that only game players see game updates in their feed.

Overall the article dramatically undersells the work that Facebook has done to improve the feed, mainly building off of signals you give it via engagement - I don't see updates from friends that I don't care about, and fairly rarely miss important updates from those that I do care about.

I could see how someone who only uses Facebook rarely wouldn't get that impression of improvement, as they will have given the algorithm very few inputs to work with.
From CNNNN (Australian satirical news program): http://youtu.be/W3grHjibNdA

Watch what happens at the end (about 1:40), when they get tickets in the names of "Terry Wrist" and "Al Kyder".
I think the cloaking was fixed long time ago. And Google IS being fooled-- that's why it is ranked on first on that query.
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His voice is a bit whiny, and that isn't helping. But I think it's also the slide-show based presentation. And the repeatedly talking about how awesome his partners and employees are. We get it. We didn't come here for that. We want to be shown the exciting features.
Not surprised to see Skype's stunning Linux support continues. http://i.imgur.com/Mfa2z.png
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I never said PageRank has never been the foundation of Google search or that PageRank isn't a part of search, just that there are other parts that you are not taking into account.

As to why I'm not saying exactly how Google search works -- I'm obviously under confidentiality agreements to not disclose that information.
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I understand fully his motives, drum up support and excitement about his IPO, but no matter how hard he tries, he does not have Jobs charisma or skill. He should start getting it by reading Nancy Duarte's books on presentations.
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The only interesting part was Mark's subtle shots at Google for "trying to do everything" as opposed to Facebook's individual developer/partnership model. Google's trying to do everything model is really a partnership via acquisition model. And regardless, all the aqui-partners like YouTube and Android are now market leaders. So doing everything in this case, seems to work well.
Nice work Facebook. Hangout is nice, but 700M with video chat -- today. That's pretty huge.

And the question about Skype cannibailizing their Skype user base misses that Skype is now owned by MS. They don't care about Skype revenue. They want adoption.
Really horrible advice.

We're not all entrepreneurs; some of us come from families and communities where the only way we can "make it" is to apply for job openings.

In any case, if companies aren't properly considering the applications being sent to them, they're doing it wrong and missing out on a ton of potential talent.
"I do wish that, when people slate a platform for not having certain features, they would actually do a little research instead of assuming."

I agree with the sentiment and the subtley here that I've come to appreciate over the years which is this; A feature which is hard to discover or understand is the same as 'not existing' for a large portion of the customers.

There is also the "Facebook's privacy controls are actually pretty sophisticated now ..." which dismisses the painful walk it took to get there. That pain doesn't go away quickly or easily.

Having used G+ for a while I tend to agree with the article that FB will have to step up their game here. The beast is awake and its opening move was much more credible than previous attempts. What is more I think it has moved the expectation of what your social network should do for you forward.

I'm sure FB will respond, and there are a lot of smart folks who will no doubt have their own killer ideas. If nothing else, having a credible competitor will make social networking better for everyone.
I'd rather they fixed the results now and worried about the algorithm later (and you know they're working on the algorithm) than make us suffer unnecessarily until the algorithm was suitably improved.
When people talk about artists compensating fewer sales with more concert revenues, they always forget that not every artist is an indie rock band - there are genres that are less likely to be enjoyed live.

For instance think about that ambient, downtempo artist whose music is primarily meant for quiet listening sessions at home. Furthermore I could very well imagine that this kind of music and probably a lot of other niche stuff won't make their listeners buy fan shirts - there are genres that are less suited for live gigs and whose audience won't be attracted to merchandising.

To cut it short - what may work for a majority of artists isn't necessarily the solution for everyone and shouldn't be considered as a general fact that compensates for lower sales revenue or even justifies it.
While I can appreciate (in fact, I probably don't) the technical difficulty of delivering a chat/video service to a userbase of 750M; these simply aren't compelling innovations for most (especially younger) people. Of particular note, these features aren't sticky (the usability of these features is common to _many_ other services) nor do they raise particularly high barriers to entry for competitors (Google has already nailed these services at large scales, integrating them into G+ is probably trivial). What FB (or Google for that matter) needs to nail is social search based on the graph of what your friends are doing/reading/buying... this is one area where FB has a distinct early advantage (they have more mature social graphs). I'm convinced social search will be the single feature that displaces or entrenches FB, not chat.
Opened it up for questions. First question: Will you do group video chat? What do you think of Google+ Hangouts?

That has to hurt...
Clever. I assume the only way for Facebook and Twitter to circumvent this would be to fake all of the HTTP headers sent by, say, a modern version of Firefox. I don't think it's cheating - even though the tools are bots, their job is to preview the content their users are about to see.

Even then, the author could probably find out which IP addresses are used by Twitter and Facebook's lookup engines and send them the innocuous version. However, I just did a test on my own server, and Facebook used two different IPs (69.171.228.246 and 69.171.224.245) for the same request. Pretty big range.
"Man Flies with Someone Else's Ticket and No Legal ID" yet the world remains safe.
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this is exactly what www.blekko.com is trying to do.
I also like how the API directs you to the source of the recipe.

Click on one of the recipes in the Punchfork results:

http://duckduckgo.com/?q=mojito+recipe

Jeff is doing an amazing job with Punchfork and this is a great addition.
nice - sounds like just about the best case scenario for a rewrite, excepting a total scrap and start over of the whole company :)
As far as privacy goes, Facebook and Skype are perfect together.
It's compressed with FlateDecode; if you decompress it you can see the embedded .pfb, which has the actual exploit.
The rate of padlock production doesn't stay approximately the same when people double the amount of resources they put towards producing padlocks.
There may not be in G+ yet. I know you can share with just 1 person if you want. What they need to do is implement the reverse of +Name, so if I add a group I could then do -Name and it would be the whole group minus that person. Or even +CircleA -CircleB would only get me those in A not in B.

Bringing set logic to the masses! :)
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I don't see any products, there. I just see a couple of lame features. Skype and group chat. Skype already does Skype, so I'm not sure why I'd load up Facebook just so I could skype through a webpage, instead. My IM client has done group chat for years, so I'm not sure why I'd load up facebook just so I could chat with a group of those people, either.

This kind of falls in line with my confusion as to why people ruin their websites with all these components and hooks into Facebook. They claim that they need Facebook Likes and Logins and Discussions in their websites, because Facebook drives traffic. Even if they hate it, they have to succumb to it. You know, for generating traffic. My question remains - why do you want to try appealing to a group of people to whom Facebook is "the internet" and who do everything through Facebook? Those people aren't going to make a point of going to your website again, unless someone links them to it a second time down the road. It seems like a lot of resources (not to mention website screen real-estate) given up for very little desirable return.
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++ a chrome extension for Google+
This extension extracts the Google+ profiles of the people whose names appear on the page you visit.
I believe they're referring to the holographic principle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_principle)
May I suggest:

Ross Perot @ 19%: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Perot_presidential_campaig...

Ralph Nader @ 3%: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader_presidential_campai...
This whole discussion thread makes me think that Facebook/Google+ will be a new PC/Mac discussion with people taking opposite stances and debating ad nauseam. Is that really worthwhile?
Having followed facebook's platform and interface changes, there were a ton of do-overs, removing features than adding them back then removing again. It's more of a "move fast, break things, then fix it again" trial-and-error attitude. The friends list thing was an afterthought and always remained as such. Plus it is difficult to enforce them now, as people have adapted to having a single friend list, while G+ enforces it from the start.

I find google circles a very engaging idea, as your friends list will never get stale. Total sharing may be less, but you are no longer afraid to share (e.g.) technical stuff with your colleagues. The problem is how they're going to figure out re-sharing right.
Not really having a dog in the hunt for Google page ranks, it's not really paranoia for me. It's not really cynicism either given that it is a natural extension of Google's basic revenue model, i.e. showing links to pages in exchange for payment. I just added the tag to keep the post consistent with implicit HN style guidelines.

There is nothing sacred about the blue text links, and with "personalization" they don't reflect an objective page ranking, but a subjective ranking based on speculation about what one is most likely to click.

It is only in the minds of consumers of Google's search services that a wall between search results and advertising exists. With personalization, the same algorithms are applied to both.
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Maybe because everyone is at lunch?
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What's also interesting is that almost any other predictions they could have made would have become partially true. There's virtually every service and idea imaginable online now to at least some degree. I'd be shocked if most of the prediction didn't become at least a bit true since they're extrapolated from the non-internet world.
I missed the start of the Q&A -- would you mind summarizing the response?
That's improbable. I know Gabriel is good, but hes not god.
Switch to (and pay in) the UK store, links at the bottom of the itunes store home page.
How is that a scam? He charges $1.05 for a BTC when everyone else is charging $1.00. That's not a scam, that's just setting your own prices. Unless I am missing something here.
It’s for people who already spend a lot of time on Facebook. They don’t have to bother anymore using dedicated software. Simple as that. You are looking at it from the wrong perspective.
It's amazing that Facebook has gone instantly from being cool to yesterday's news... A myspace like downfall is certainly possible.
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Facebook doesn't need to have competitive features they only need to have comparative features. Google+ has video chat, now Facebook does. It doesn't matter that Hangout is better. People don't switch social networks based on any single feature.
Modern philosophy has indeed moved beyond this notion of justification, but for a long time it was the central project of Western philosophy. What were the rationalists, empiricists, Kantians, and positivists arguing about other than the justification of knowledge (in this sense).

EDIT: Maybe I'm going overboard here in attributing to philosophy in general what is only true of epistemology, my favorite branch of it. In that case, I should have been referring to "epidemiological justification".
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You are probably right. Hes probably comparing search terms to wiki information and then looking for homepage info on wikipedia. You know what, thats good enough for me.
Only trendy bloggers even know or care about Google+ right now.
I think it's going to depend on the selection for me.

Also, I have to say I really hate Rdio's queueing model. They make it really tough to just navigate the queue and add and remove various songs from different artists. For example, I find it really annoying when they add an entire album to my queue when I just pressed the play button on one song.
Can you tell us where exactly the wallet.dat file and the block chain are stored on the android? I sent 0.01BTC to my phone a while ago, and it has yet to show up (so I'd like to grab the wallet.dat for backup), and it's showing a swirling circle at the top, meaning it's still downloading, and I'd like to check if it's actually doing anything (file size increasing?)
Don't need a Skype login, or need to know anyone's Skype login.
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Do you really think that attitude will allow them to maintain their dominance?
In response to that question:
Zuckerberg: "We started working on this before Bates was at Skype, then closer once he got there, and now they’re at Microsoft which Facebook has a long-standing relationship with. So there’s going to be a lot more. But one-to-one is the most important video experience, Bates and Zuckerberg say.

"I’m not going to say a lot about Google+. We’ve all only had a little time to use it. Like I said, the last five years have been about connecting people, now about apps. I think you’ll see a lot of companies and apps building social stuff. I see this as validation of the way the next five years are going to play out. We’re sure it’s going to happen, and if we don’t someone else will do it."
I think you are setting up a false premise here.

There are many people (including me) who have been using the internet for a very very very long time and don't see facebook as the internet even though we use it.

And I can see that I get quite a few sign-ups to my service that way.

Also the problem is not as much whether people use it for traffic generation. The problem is when they only use it for that.

I am actually beginning to consult my clients on how to build their own digital ecosystems so that they don't leave all the value inside the gates of facebook, twitter etc. but rather attempt to get the value transfered back inside their own ecosystem.

Once you start seeing it that way things start to look very different.

I made a longer argument about it here:

http://000fff.org/how-to-think-like-facebook-and-twitter/
Every time I say "I know the perfect person", my bosses say, "No, we need to 'put the feelers out' and compare. There's no way to know if your guy is perfect without interviewing to see who's out there."
I'm interested in hearing how Facebook plans to protect children (13-18 year old) with the new video chat feature. I'm sure there's a plan, and there already are plans in place with their existing products, but I would be interested in hearing Mark's thoughts on children and this new video feature, and whether or not there would be any parental controls. I know Facebook disables certain features for users under 16, so I'm wondering if they would disable video chat for younger users too.

I really wish someone in the media panel would ask this question.
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Apple does this every release. Marketing is important.

Facebook is now the ubiquitous video chat social network, built on Skype. Google+ is Circles on your Gmail. Everything else you say requires some level of convincing.
Gabriel, if you are reading this, I am waiting on the duckduckgo stickers with a fork stuck in the bill in response to this. Gota put it on my hot rod...err... dinky netbook.
Rdio.com works in Canada, though you do occasionally run into artists/albums that are not "available in your region."
Speak for yourself, I always make sure I'm on the vendor's/author's official site before I download code. I never download code from 3rd parties.
mp3 player reviews?

easy

1) you buy an iPod.
2) or You ask your friends on Facebook
3) or You ask your followers on Twitter
My god, Mark really isn't that good at this CEO schtick is he.
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How would you handle the collision detection on this?
A blanket legalization would be bad, I agree. The best approach that I can think of is to set up a way for these releases to be grounds for a warrant. Instead of releasing those credit card numbers to the internet, you send them to the police along with how you got them; the police verify your method and data (maintaining chain of custody along the way) and proceed to court.

There are a few improvements to this method. One would be to fine corporations with poor data security, then using the money to reward crackers for bringing poor security to the attention of the police instead of stealing credit cards. Another would be to get the media involved, using freedom-of-the-press and transparency to keep the government honest.
It's interesting.

The very first feature they show. Is the one that Skype implemented which a lot of people hated. Personally I think it's a great great feature. But it is a feature.
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The bigger question is still whether people will actually use these things. Where people means greater than 5% of the userbase.
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Meh. Nothing much to see here. This looks like Google Chat - video calling, group chat, seeing who you last spoke to.
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What? This is their "awesome" announcement? Is this some sort of a joke? Even techies aren't going to be interested in this, let alone normal users...
The lack of an href is not required. Google explicitly will not fault you for links /to/ your site from "bad neighborhoods" (for the obvious reason).

An automatic redirect (w/ javascript) would probably be the best way to go, with a message explaining the move while the reader waits the 5 seconds for the redirect to take effect. (Google doesn't evaluate javascript, to my knowledge.)
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My facebook traffic is starting to pick up, but it's still no where near StumbleUpon.

Compare:
http://i.imgur.com/oY03q.png

It's been like this since 2008.
This article takes an engineer's point of view, and is relevant to maybe 5% of the population.

Facebook is about reinventing the web for dummies: micro-blogging, RSS-like stream aggregation, photo/video/text publishing, web application publishing... FB is pretty much the sum of dumbed-down versions of these. By targeting a very wide unsophisticated audience, they reached a critical mass.

Sure G+ is better, nicer, more powerful etc. Will it appeal to unsophisticated masses, though? It might, but I'm not so sure. Maybe it will partially succeed, and become a secondary social network catering for more savvy users. But when it comes to herding Average Joes, Facebook has a strong track record, Google hasn't. FB's going to give its very best at delighting your average Farmville player, and G+ will do the same to your average EFF member. Guess who matters to advertisers?
oooh, I hope gmail and g+ get that soon
What's the end game?

MS acquires fb?

Skype makes a killing off fb users for premium subscription and gives fb a cut?
Just had my first facebook chat; setting aside all the hoopla and google+ hangout comparisons, I was reminded that it is VERY nice to talk to a friend face-to-face.

It's a small pleasure in a world full of being long distances from friends and loved ones. So, I'm excited, personally. It felt great, and had relatively few hiccups for a launch-day service.
I don't think it's Zuckerberg. It's just that what they launched today was lackluster and merely a response to G+.
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Looks like video chat is the hot new battleground again. Facebook Skype vs. video GChat vs. Apple FaceTime/iChat/iMessage vs. Microsoft Skype(?)
Good, thoughtful discussion of a situation that happens all the time at startups.
On a side note, below the video was an error box because a misconfiguration of the live stream box.

It says a lot about the current status of developing on the fb platform.
Maybe we should also reconsider the claimed neutrality of search results provided by a company that makes its money by delivering targeted advertising.
jquery.com had the content much earlier than jquery.it - I think it's a safe bet that when there are two sites with nearly identical content, the one that had it earlier should have a higher pagerank
I think the proper question should be "For how long do you really think that attitude will allow them to maintain their dominance?". Maybe Facebook is in the positions where playing catch-up is good enough for them in the midterm.
The video features built into gchat have served my needs perfectly

1) The average person knows more people on Facebook, then people with a Gmail account.

2) You, and your other geeky friends live in Gmail. The rest of the world lives inside Facebook.
What do you think Facebook should have built/announced?

Pretty much all of the really useful features are also big privacy violators, and with the uncertainty around how the public views social networking privacy, FB is smart to wait and let Google make the first move.