An example of Google's public communications problems Google has launched a new interface for their video Hangouts conferencing system, and while it's generally excellent, this has triggered a range of concerns about what features (especially features used by dedicated "power" users of Google services) will be supported moving forward. The growing slate of comments on this G+ thread give the flavor:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LaurenWeinstein/posts/MfsmBhXKQKV I believe this is an example of a kind of dysfunction in Google's public communications that often unnecessarily upsets users (and notably, long-term Google users) and damages views of users toward Google overall in the process -- again, often completely unnecessarily. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so. My opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
