Zuckerberg: Google+ is Just a "Little Version of Facebook"
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg talks with Charlie Rose of PBS about Google+, Steve Jobs, game development and more in a 54-minute interview.
Unlike Amazon and Apple who are considered respected partners, Facebook founder and CEO Marl Zuckerberg recently acknowledged in an interview that Google is indeed a rival, labeling the new Google+ social network as the search engine giant's "own little version of Facebook." He made this comment while talking with Charlie Rose in an exclusive interview which aired Monday night on PBS.
"People like to talk about war," he said. "There are a lot of ways in which the companies work together. There are real competitions in there, but I don’t think this is going to be the type of situation where there’s one company that wins all the stuff. Google in some ways is more competitive. When I look at Amazon and Apple, I see companies that are extremely aligned with us. We have a lot of conversations with people at both companies trying to figure out ways in which we can do more together."
"We're focused on doing one thing incredibly well," added COO Sheryl Sandberg who also took part in the interview. "If you look at other companies, all of these companies are doing a lot of different things but we’re still, as we grow, doing exactly one thing."
As if proving Zuckerberg right in regards to his "own little version of Facebook" comment, Google announced on Monday that it added Google+ Pages to its social networking site, allowing companies and other entities to set up shop just like they do on Facebook.
"For you and me, this means we can now hang out live with the local bike shop, or discuss our wardrobe with a favorite clothing line, or follow a band on tour. Google+ pages give life to everything we find in the real world," said Vic Gundotra, Senior Vice President of Engineering. "And by adding them to circles, we can create lasting bonds with the pages (and people) that matter most."
Numerous companies and popular brands have already created pages including Macy's, Angry Birds, Toyota, Pepsi, Good Morning America and more. Organizations can create their Google+ Page by heading here.
As for the PBS interview, the Facebook founder/CEO, COO and Charlie Rose cover 54 minutes worth of topics spanning Zuckerberg's experience with Apple's Steve Jobs, going public with Facebook, the Chinese government’s block of the social website, and even why Facebook will never be a games developer. To watch the full interview, head here.
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I certainly trust Google more than I trust Zuckerberg, and I am sure lots of people will feel the same way.
I deleted my Facebook account, I think that says enough.
@del35 : neither of them are trust-able anyway. How could anyone trust on Google+ or Facebook...
Somehow funny that the new facebook UI copies a lot of elements that g+ introduced from the beginning...
come on you gotta trust google more than facebook. google has the best software engineers.. and remember the quote from mark where he couldnt believe how people were so stupid and just gace all their information to his website.. i cant find it!!
Wonderful. Another mudslinging duo on the internet, as if BF3 v MW3, AMD v Intel, AMD v Nvidia, Xbox v PS and Apple v common sense weren't enough.
Google + is good, but the problem i find with it is the majority of my friends still use facebook. If i want to communicate with them or look at their posts etc etc i have to go on facebook. I really only use google plus when i'm bored at work because it's not blocked.
how many others are in the same situation?
Also, perhaps google should look at the mass migration from Bebo and myspace to facebook and see how they managed that.
Google + is good, but the problem i find with it is the majority of my friends still use facebook. If i want to communicate with them or look at their posts etc etc i have to go on facebook. I really only use google plus when i'm bored at work because it's not blocked.
Same situation here... I hope more users move to g+ like the Dalai Lama did
come on you gotta trust google more than facebook. google has the best software engineers.. and remember the quote from mark where he couldnt believe how people were so stupid and just gace all their information to his website.. i cant find it!!
could this be the one?
http://articles.businessinsider.co [...] acy-policy
He is partially true, but the fact is that Google+ will eventually grow larger. Then he will probably say that Google+ is a huge facebook!
Google + is dying on its arse, only people I see on it are techies.
Google+ is what facebook SHOULD be. Zuckerberg is just a jealous asshole. he's seeing all people that actually know what goes at facebook bleed his user base dry. eventually once the word spreads facebook will be a ghost town. With that said it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that G+ is the superior product. easier integration with your web presence given that gmail is becoming the standard as well as being able to easily sort people into circles and share what you want with who you want is beautiful. The new FB UI allows it somewhat by using lists but with that said they introduced it so late in the game that most users have far too many friends to sift through and sort for it to be effective. Google saw that the circles concept was good and used it from the get go which will make things much easier.
in conclusion get off your high horse Mark and realize your prize pig website will soon be headed to the slaughterhouse and Google plus will simply feast on the meats which will flow forth in the abandoning user base.
social networks are stupid. facebook does too much and i dont trust either network which is why i choose to use none!
Apple v common sense
That made me lol.
As far as social networking is concerned, I dont trust any of them...I trust Google, but you will not find me on Google+.
PS and Apple v common sense weren't enough.
I see what you did there...
Google+ is what facebook SHOULD be. Zuckerberg is just a jealous asshole. he's seeing all people that actually know what goes at facebook bleed his user base dry
Show us some stats, how many people use Facebook and how many use Google+ ?
When you post the answers, which I already know because i've done the research, it will become abundantly clear that Zuckerberg is not jealous and his userbase is not being bled dry.
Here's a quick preview, Facebook users outnumber Google+ users by more than 100 to 1.
If in a few years those number approach parity then there is a real competition, when they overtake them and have more users then you can call Zuckerberg jealous, until then he is quit right in calling them "little".
come on you gotta trust google more than facebook. google has the best software engineers.. and remember the quote from mark where he couldnt believe how people were so stupid and just gace all their information to his website.. i cant find it!!
You gotta remember, though, he was 19 when he said that. Facebook was Harvard-only, and he had no clue what it would later become.
What would you say if you were 19, and you made a little, dorky website that you thought would probably go nowhere, and all of a sudden, people are submitting personal information and details by the thousands. I'm pretty sure my reaction would have been the same: "lol, these people are stupid."
In fact, that's still my reaction to people posting shit to facebook without realizing the potential impact it could have.
I have facebook "friends" that I don't really know that well (e.g. acquaintances from college classes, people I met once or twice at a party, etc.). I generally don't want these people to know my phone number, ergo, I don't post my phone number to facebook. I won't even mention the home address field.
People see a place to put their phone number or their home address on their facebook profile and they fill it out. They don't stop to think whether they should; it's there, so they provide it willingly. Then they complain when some creeper shows up at their house in the middle of the night, and they blame facebook.
Facebook and/or Google+ can implement all the privacy features/controls/safeguards they want. It won't prevent stupid people from doing stupid things.
To quote a wise man, "You can't fix stupid."
Wonderful. Another mudslinging duo on the internet, as if BF3 v MW3, AMD v Intel, AMD v Nvidia, Xbox v PS and Apple v common sense weren't enough.
Still lul'ing over that last one!! ahahahaha
I wouldn't mind the switch to Google+ but getting others to move as well is the problem. That and the many pictures/videos that only exist on Facebook alone.
And Facebook is just a little version of your friends idea.
Zuckerberg: "Google+ is Just a "Little Version of Facebook"
Dear Mark,
I'm sure this is what MySpace said about you (Face Book) awhile back. Famous last words, perhaps?
I heard the interview. Mark Z. sounds like a pompous @$$. And the FB COO, Cheryl Sandberg, sounded like some kind of groupie, in the way she tried to jump in and back him up and how easily he would just talk over her. Very unprofessional, the way that went down.
I think some failure would be good for Zuckerberg. His success has definitely gone to his head. Facebook wasn't such a unique idea. His success had a lot to do with being in the right place at the right time. I just wonder how much of his personality quirks had to do with it all. Was a guy like that really needed to make FB as successful as it was?
We have a saying in Japanese:
"Eye mucus laughs at nasal mucus."
The English phrase "The pot calls the kettle black." is similar in meaning.
The more I look at the Galaxy Nexus the more I am intrigued by it.thanks.
What? What? Is this a spambot? i'm seeing more of these random misplaced comments in the comments...
What? What? Is this a spambot? i'm seeing more of these random misplaced comments in the comments...
They're using an exploit with images that allows them to force you to run remote php code.
Better check for keyloggers.
Show us some stats, how many people use Facebook and how many use Google+ ?When you post the answers, which I already know because i've done the research, it will become abundantly clear that Zuckerberg is not jealous and his userbase is not being bled dry.Here's a quick preview, Facebook users outnumber Google+ users by more than 100 to 1.If in a few years those number approach parity then there is a real competition, when they overtake them and have more users then you can call Zuckerberg jealous, until then he is quit right in calling them "little".
When FB came out Myspace was king as well... funny how nobody uses that anymore. Do some more research and check the charts, FB started small and after about 2-3 year leaped up to the top. That won't last for much longer, as now the leap will probably be made by Google and in 5-8 years some other competitor.
Well FB is bigger and will be some time. It is harder to say, if the situation stays the same. The privasy settig are better in G+. But this allso can mean the same thing ad what happened in CPU world. Pentium 4 was bad, but when AMD managed to make better CPU Intel did come back. FB can do the same, but tehy have to abandon their old system and build better. It is possible, but are they willing? I hope so. Good competition in sosial network forum would do good to both platforms! More secure FB and G+ with more content!
I'm fairly uncomfortable with retaining an online presence that others can find easily. So, no social networks for me. Yikes.