[SV_BubbleTime]

BS on Google just didn’t try hard enough.

All those companies are continually changing their product. Google, sells ads people chose to look at. Facebook sells data people chose to give.

These are not diverse models.

[nine_k]

Google failed to build a social network where enough people would willingly leave enough personal data for selling, even though initially the Plus had some high-caliber users to follow.

So they have to make do with GMail, that lacks the network effect of social media.