Well, I think the G+ subscription rate is not real. Anyone with a gmail account can join G+ with a few clicks, not really what "joining means", more like adding it. I'd like to see the involvement rate of users, how many hours they spend per day (per week is so 90s!).
"People feel more comfortable signing up with Google than with some new no-name."
Aandy,
Thanks for the post. I totally agree with you that people feel more comfortable with google. Infact signing up for Google+ is very easy. If we have gmail account then we can easily create one google+ account. We can easily port friends from gmail chat to google+. Overall google+ has impressed many users with its new features.
I understand the element of risk which Most entrepreneurs have to take.But things have changed dramatically(when it comes to risk taking today).
Today thanks to a lot of other uncertainities in doing Business(especially Govt Tax,other regulatory hurdles and Recessionary winds) Risk appetite for most Businesses has gone down considerably.
For most wait and watch (while these guys battle out amongst themselves-FB,Twitter,LinkedIn and Google+) in the meantime they will probably be hedging their bets by using both services for awhile and watching typical response rates on all these services.
@tech4people & @hwong -- I believe that for personal use, we have the luxury of jumping in late. With no audience or outlet for our messaging on a new network, there is no incentive for us to post.
As businesspeople though, we are inclined to the unknown; testing the waters a bit to prepare ourselves for the 'what-ifs'. If Google+ continues its meteoric rise (20 mil users in 24 days...FB took 1152, Twitter: 1035), I would regret not establishing both presence and understanding ahead of the wave.
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