Au contraire I don't have any anger. If their choice is to sacrifice relevancy for their other social services or they social bullshit, it is fine with me, I am not a fan of Google brand, just a user and I will take my business elsewhere.
To tell you where the problems come from in my opinion:
_ Everything is opt-out, not opt-in. After I realize than I am very pro-choice in term of user experience.
_ The +1 thingy is very tricky, if you click the wrong button and don't read well, that's it you're on +1. And once you're on it, no way to get out
_ Relevancy is killed by the influence of +1. Look at this talk if you have the time: http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bu... . Since it is an opt out 99% of the user won't do it and in the long term it will probably have a bad influence on how people receive and perceive information.
I think my reasons to leave are relevant and not based on rage but a cold appreciation of the future of Google.
> in the long term it will probably have a bad influence on how people receive and perceive information.
I would expect people doing web ranking in a search engine company to be aware of the "online filter bubble" phenomena. So in the longer term I hope it would be a signal used in ranking among many other (and see no reason why it couldn't be that way).
To tell you where the problems come from in my opinion:
_ Everything is opt-out, not opt-in. After I realize than I am very pro-choice in term of user experience.
_ The +1 thingy is very tricky, if you click the wrong button and don't read well, that's it you're on +1. And once you're on it, no way to get out
_ Relevancy is killed by the influence of +1. Look at this talk if you have the time: http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bu... . Since it is an opt out 99% of the user won't do it and in the long term it will probably have a bad influence on how people receive and perceive information.
I think my reasons to leave are relevant and not based on rage but a cold appreciation of the future of Google.