Facebook and eBay downplays Google threat

[rpm]

Facebook downplays Google threat

Silicon Valley star Sean Parker said Monday that Facebook would have to blunder in a big way for Google’s social network to steal its crown.

 

[valmore]

I'm rather happy with google+, the problem is everyone else seems to just be stuck with facebook...

 

[noswal]

For friends family and pictures of your dog.. facebook. For somewhat more serious following of people with something to say you can find them on google+

 

[backstreetboy]

Lol it's still early days.

 

[Viva]

“Facebook would have to screw up royally and Google would have to do something really smart,” Parker said during an on-stage interview that opened a Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco.

This is only true if you expect the masses to switch to Google Plus overnight. I expect Google Plus to slowly continue to grow so that their numbers only start to compete with Facebook's in a few years time. This is also how Google Chrome's market share slowly but consistently grew over a period of 3 years. Now Chrome's market share basically matches Firefox's. I expect Google Plus to follow the same pattern.

 

[cpu.]

I have 53 fake Facebook accounts from back in my Farmville days. Kind of doubt that I'm the only genius who created "willing friends".