Google+ isn’t a social network; it’s The Matrix

Charles Arthur: Pretty much everyone (myself included) has been reading Google+ wrongly. Because it bears many superficial resemblances to social networks such as Facebook or Twitter – you can “befriend” people, you can “follow” people without their following you back – we’ve thought that it is a social network, and judged it on that basis. … Continue reading Google+ isn’t a social network; it’s The Matrix