Two years ago, I had no idea what problem Google Wave was trying to solve. I'm still a little hazy.
Google+ is solving the problem of Facebook not discriminating between your drinking buddies, and your boss. That's a pretty big problem - people get fired or sued over it. The more friends you have on Facebook, the less you want to use it, as you are the victim of overshare (yay, so many food pictures) and can get yourself in trouble too easily. It doesn't scale. I bet Google+ does.
OK, Facebook might just clone Google+'s features. Yay for them. Then it's a platform war. I bet the app developers, after being bitten by Facebook's previous decisions, are going to back Google.
Google+ is solving the problem of Facebook not discriminating between your drinking buddies, and your boss. That's a pretty big problem - people get fired or sued over it. The more friends you have on Facebook, the less you want to use it, as you are the victim of overshare (yay, so many food pictures) and can get yourself in trouble too easily. It doesn't scale. I bet Google+ does.
OK, Facebook might just clone Google+'s features. Yay for them. Then it's a platform war. I bet the app developers, after being bitten by Facebook's previous decisions, are going to back Google.