Four Things Google Plus Could Do To Fix Google Plus. Saturday's Google+ user account deletion purge plunged the new social network into a crisis of user trust.
The community wants it fixed. Saturday's deletion of multiple Google+ user accounts spanned from well-known tech figures to ordinary netizens. It was ostensibly over Google Plus' enforcement of using so-called "real names. " Google+ remained silent, and combined with contradictory actions over the weekend it's now a trust trainwreck, a growing PR shadow and a textbook-case community management nightmare. Other social networks are now probably laughing into their morning coffee, while Google+ users are most certainly both furious and frightened. Read also: Google Plus Deleting Accounts En Masse: No Clear Answers Google+ is not warning users before deleting user accounts, and some people have reported being locked out of all Google services, including docs and Gmail.
Google+ has told some users they can now only use the names on their government ID's for their Plus profiles. 1. Google Plus Deleting Accounts En Masse: No Clear Answers. A striking number of Google+ accounts have been deleted in the last 24 hours as the new social network struggles with its community standards policy around real names - alienating and frightening the people it aims to serve.
Removed but restored through influence is Limor Fried - AKA Lady Ada / Adafruit Industries: She was recently featured on the cover of WIRED Magazine. Google suspended Limor Fried “Ladyada” Google+ profile, no show-and-tell tonight… Her account has just now been mysteriously restored, though only after a groundswell of complaints. Suffice it to say, the rest of the deleted accounts will not have such well-placed advantages.
Many have now been purged and not restored. The message I received this morning from the source in my previous Google+ article summarized it, Google+ suspended my acct "After reviewing your profile, we determined the name you provided violates our Community Standards. " Just Like Facebook's Real Name Hypocrisy Ex-Google employee Kirrily "Skud" Robert. 83 percent of Google+ users are inactive [INFOGRAPHIC] Google+
Analysis: When Google+ gives Facebook a run for its money. Rain or shine, see the weather in Google Maps. Whether you’re organizing a trip overseas or a picnic at a local park, knowing the weather forecast is a crucial part of the planning process.
Today, we’re adding a weather layer on Google Maps that displays current temps and conditions around the globe, and will hopefully make travel and activity planning easier. To add the weather layer, hover over the widget in the upper right corner of Google Maps and select the weather layer from the list of options. When zoomed out, you’ll see a map with current weather conditions from weather.com for various locations, with icons to denote sun, clouds, rain and so on. You can also see cloud coverage, thanks to our partners at the U.S. Naval Research Lab.
Enabling the weather layer also gives you an instant weather report for friends and family living around the world. Weather near London, UK Weather near Sydney, Australia in satellite view Weather left hand panel Get started now and check out the weather layer here.