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Google-ansatt kaller Google+ patetisk: Steve Yegge postet i går et langt og kritisk innlegg om hvordan Google+ ikke vil lykkes fordi det mangler en strategisk plattform-tenkning.

Google+ is a knee-jerk reaction, a study in short-term thinking, predicated on the incorrect notion that Facebook is successful because they built a great product. But that’s not why they are successful. Facebook is successful because they built an entire constellation of products by allowing other people to do the work. So Facebook is different for everyone. Some people spend all their time on Mafia Wars. Some spend all their time on Farmville. There are hundreds or maybe thousands of different high-quality time sinks available, so there’s something there for everyone.

Problemet for Steve Yegge var at innlegget kun var ment å bli postet internt hos Google.

I posted a long opinionated rant tonight about how I think Google could be doing a much better job of thinking from the ground up in terms of services rather than products. Sadly, it was intended to be an internal post, visible to everybody at Google, but not externally.

Innlegget gir imidlertid et interessant innblikk i en «insiders» tanker. Selv om innlegget har blitt slettet på hans Google+ profil er det lagret som kopi en rekke steder på nettet.