[zenspunk]

Not all people. Google has simply failed at building a quality community around Google+.

Edit: actually, it's not that they "failed," it's that they've completely ignored the importance of community building.

For example, the difference in quality between certain reddits is like night and day. This is all down to the way these reddits have nurtured their community and their values of quality.

HN is good in this regard too, although it's been slowly-yet-steadily declining due to pg's negligence of maintaining the community and managing its growth.

Google+ will probably succeed on its format alone (that is, the required application of circles), which will allow users to filter and select voices in their stream. But unless someone like Vic Gundotra steps in and puts some effort into community-building (like telling his follows to just +1 if you like the post instead of making a comment), it's going to really suck in public discussions.

[TWAndrews]

Doesn't it take more than a week to build a quality community? Seems like it's really hard to say that they've failed already.

[zenspunk]

What? How does time affect the quality of a community? You could have a community of two people that cares about quality.

Anyway, I've never seen an internet community go from crap to quality, only vice versa.

[seri]

You assume they ignored. The mere fact that those high profile Googlers actually create G+ accounts tells me that they are serious about community building this time around. And they actually managed to invite Taylor Swift in.

I'm not saying they're doing an awesome job. But they do care.

[nhangen]

I would disagree that PG has been negligent in maintaining the community here.