Comments on: What if someone else invented Google Wave? http://clifgriffin.com/2009/10/28/what-if-someone-else-invented-google-wave/ A low carb salad featuring healthy portions of politics, humor, and nerdery. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:49:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Socraton http://clifgriffin.com/2009/10/28/what-if-someone-else-invented-google-wave/comment-page-1/#comment-2030 Socraton Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:43:59 +0000 http://clifgriffin.com/?p=1093#comment-2030 Yeah, I partially agree with you. I have not tried Google Wave yet, but I see the expectations is high above what the product will deliver. One of the key mistakes Google has made with Wave, is that they market it as something that takes over E-mail. This is, in my opinion, totally wrong. I believe Facebook already did this. As a big google-fan myself, I think facebook is getting frightening good these days, especially with the new group updates. If they continue to improve and don't fuck up, I think we can see them taking over for smaller internet communities, that has usually used forums etc. to keep in touch. For people on facebook, I believe Facebook pretty much took over for emailing between friends. What they haven't taken over yet, and Google might win, is the business segment, emails with attatchments, and the people that doesn't use facebook due to lack of popularity in their country, old age etc. For Wave to succeed, I think they need to be able to take users from facebook soon. If the growth doesn't stop in Facebook, Google will not be able to catch them. Good thoughts anyway, it was just my 2 cents too. It would've been fun (though less likely) to see a company rise with google wave the same way twitter rose. Yeah, I partially agree with you. I have not tried Google Wave yet, but I see the expectations is high above what the product will deliver. One of the key mistakes Google has made with Wave, is that they market it as something that takes over E-mail. This is, in my opinion, totally wrong. I believe Facebook already did this.

As a big google-fan myself, I think facebook is getting frightening good these days, especially with the new group updates. If they continue to improve and don’t fuck up, I think we can see them taking over for smaller internet communities, that has usually used forums etc. to keep in touch.

For people on facebook, I believe Facebook pretty much took over for emailing between friends. What they haven’t taken over yet, and Google might win, is the business segment, emails with attatchments, and the people that doesn’t use facebook due to lack of popularity in their country, old age etc.

For Wave to succeed, I think they need to be able to take users from facebook soon. If the growth doesn’t stop in Facebook, Google will not be able to catch them.

Good thoughts anyway, it was just my 2 cents too. It would’ve been fun (though less likely) to see a company rise with google wave the same way twitter rose.

]]> By: Nicolas http://clifgriffin.com/2009/10/28/what-if-someone-else-invented-google-wave/comment-page-1/#comment-2027 Nicolas Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:53:01 +0000 http://clifgriffin.com/?p=1093#comment-2027 I've been thinking the exact same thing! Mainly because I'm part of a small startup that is attempting to do to forums what Wave is trying to do to email and, well, basically we're jealous as hell about how easy it is for them to get massive publicity :) I’ve been thinking the exact same thing! Mainly because I’m part of a small startup that is attempting to do to forums what Wave is trying to do to email and, well, basically we’re jealous as hell about how easy it is for them to get massive publicity :)

]]> By: Mike http://clifgriffin.com/2009/10/28/what-if-someone-else-invented-google-wave/comment-page-1/#comment-2023 Mike Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:59:05 +0000 http://clifgriffin.com/?p=1093#comment-2023 I haven't used google wave yet, but from what I understand I think I agree with you. It seems like there is soo much hype but at the end of the day everyone says "I don't get it..." I haven’t used google wave yet, but from what I understand I think I agree with you. It seems like there is soo much hype but at the end of the day everyone says “I don’t get it…”

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