Chill the hell out, peeps.

Chill the hell out, peeps.

Originally shared by Keith Senkowski

Seriously, who reads Techcrunch or Ars Technica for technology news anymore? Is it 1999? Am I at my first tech job?

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  1. Brian NewmanApril 25, 2014 at 9:14 AM

    Is there a known problem with Ars Technica? I check it out a few times a week.

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  2. Casey G.April 25, 2014 at 9:19 AM

    No idea. But even as a non-tech person I could tell that article was garbage. And every Android dev and Google employee in my circles was laughing at it, so I feel my first impression was correct.

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  3. Juan OchoaApril 25, 2014 at 9:24 AM

    Why is my experience of G+ so damn different from that of every single tech pundit out there?

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  4. Brian NewmanApril 25, 2014 at 9:33 AM

    The degree of factionalism is nuts. You (general third person, not you specifically) don't have to choose one tech news Web site and then belittle the others. It's not football. Sheesh.

    But to the point: the demise of Google+ has been predicted for as long as there has been a Google+.

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  5. John DavisApril 25, 2014 at 9:51 AM

    I suggested to my gaming group we use G+ to coordinate our new campaign communications. They said no, let's use FB because nobody uses G+. I raised an eyebrow.
    My circles on G+ are more than double the size of my friends list. Virtually everyone I know on G+ are gamers. Who game. On G+.

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  6. Brendan SApril 25, 2014 at 10:13 AM

    I don't know a single person in real life outside of the RPG community that uses G+ for anything. When I mention that I use it rather heavily I usually get blank or confused stares.

    I like G+, but I don't think the mainstream narrative completely lacks merit.

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  7. Casey G.April 25, 2014 at 10:23 AM

    Beyond gaming, it's the place I get 90% of my cool tech and science news/content.

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  8. Beloch ShrikeApril 25, 2014 at 4:23 PM

    Brendan S
    My 14 year old sister uses it. So it might be popular with the tumblr generation.

    I don't know any other 14 year olds, so I assume she's representative of all 14 year olds.

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  9. Larry LadeApril 25, 2014 at 5:55 PM

    G+ is sort of like an invite-only party. Tech journalists who make a living gawking at and reporting on what's going on with strangers are sad they were not invited to the party. Since they can't find out, they make up a bunch of lies to assure everyone that the party was totally lame to begin with.

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