Google+: Google's new Wave?

Have been trying Google+ since past couple of weeks, and I must say that I don't foresee it as a possible threat to Facebook anywhere. (Wonder what Mark Zuckerberg is doing on Google+?) It probably might be a worthy competitor for Twitter instead, but for me I think twitter is more of like a plain vanilla flavour of Google+… No non-sense anywhere. I can follow any random guy on Twitter and that is what Google+ allows me to do(Yeah, if I have the permission). Google+ has a "Facebook Wall" inspired layout but it’s really hard to navigate(and understand) the rest of the functions too.
Well Google’s radically different attempt at interactive messaging known as Google Wave failed just because people could not figure out what it was or how to use it. It was too scary unfamiliar and the fear of messing things up on a social network always haunted ones mind as his social image was at stakes. Oh yes, as compared to that, Plus plays it a lot safer and seems to be more of a derivative of the usual social media tools (Facebook, Twitter). After spending a lot of time on plus I think probably I do understand what exactly Google+ is for and one thing is for sure, it probably may not turn out to be as popular marketing platform as that of the facebook but it is certainly going to be  a popular platform because its Google(I have seen Orkut too but this looks different). Have not yet heard about the Developer API's or applications in Google+ but may be in the next couple of months Google might come out with a Bang! Just bumped into this funny GIF image(Click on it to view the animation) and I think it’s a little bit of over estimation. Facebook is still powerful! 

 
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