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Title: Google+ redesign focuses on Reddit-like communities with shared interests Post by: HCK on November 19, 2015, 03:00:14 am Google+ redesign focuses on Reddit-like communities with shared interests
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Google isn’t done with its attempts at running a social network. On Tuesday, the company gave Google+ (https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/introducing-new-google.html) a redesign focused on people getting together around shared interests.</p><p>When Google+ launched in 2011, it was designed as a competitor to Facebook, focused on connecting people with their friends through a series of “circles.” That proved unsuccessful, but people started using the service to discuss things that they’re passionate about, like books and astronomy. Google has built its new design around promoting both its Community groups and its Collections of user-curated posts about specific interests.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3005932/software-social/google-rides-again-with-a-redesign-focused-on-communities-of-interest.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Google+ redesign focuses on Reddit-like communities with shared interests (http://www.macworld.com/article/3005932/software-social/google-rides-again-with-a-redesign-focused-on-communities-of-interest.html#tk.rss_all) |