I presume Google+ is going after this key demo: your mom.
Google+ has already caught on in the techy/engineery crowd (still not to the extent of Facebook, of course, but Google can probably afford to let this grow slowly), but while now Twitter and Facebook are household terms, "Google Plus" probably is still unknown to many regular folks. These kinds of publicity stunts are entirely aimed at changing that.
I think it's a smart move, and honestly, it's nice to see someone promote their service by holding chats with the POTUS rather than a Kardashian or something.
Not that I'll get my way, but I think we should bring back the days when they didn't pre-screen interview questions.
The Nixon/Frost interview is still my favorite of all, I found it more telling about the President than any interview with any political candidate since then.
That's when Nixon only had the Secret Service making sure he didn't get shot, he didn't have officials making sure questions weren't asked that could breach national security, etc.
I personally prefer them having the opportunity to think before answering and making sure they don't accidentally offend someone.
I do agree that it would be nice to see how they handle questions on their feet but too often a slip of words or someone too willing to read into things result in scandals out of nothing.
I don't really have any experience with hangout so could you please provide comments as to why it is a subpar product? So far I've heard positive comments about it.
Sorry but as soon as I see "prescreened" I think "censorship" and "avoiding criticism". What a bore that will be. That's my problem with politics, with republicans and democrats, everything is so sugar coated. They always have answers to easy questions. I want to see how someone responds when asked difficult questions. That's when you find out who they really are.
Maybe this is just an indicator of my unfitness to ever be POTUS, but I think that after the stress of having to deliver a State of the Union address with an economy like ours in an election year, seeing some random dude's flop-o-matic 9000 pop up on screen would the sort of utterly absurd thing I'd appreciate.
Of course the questions are going to be pre-screened. It'll be a representative sample of the issues that will generally determine the election for the undecided and independent voter. If you're a big NORML supporter and want him to talk about pot, make it a national issue. If your issue won't swing an election, then he won't talk about it.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 88.7 ms ] threadGoogle+ has already caught on in the techy/engineery crowd (still not to the extent of Facebook, of course, but Google can probably afford to let this grow slowly), but while now Twitter and Facebook are household terms, "Google Plus" probably is still unknown to many regular folks. These kinds of publicity stunts are entirely aimed at changing that.
I think it's a smart move, and honestly, it's nice to see someone promote their service by holding chats with the POTUS rather than a Kardashian or something.
The Nixon/Frost interview is still my favorite of all, I found it more telling about the President than any interview with any political candidate since then.
I do agree that it would be nice to see how they handle questions on their feet but too often a slip of words or someone too willing to read into things result in scandals out of nothing.