Is Google+ cool enough to replace Facebook?

Three weeks into Google+ and I’m seeing more and more people get into the service and adding people into their circles. And from the looks of it, Google+ users are more engaged that FB and Twitter.

I only have around ~~895~~ 912 people adding me in their Circles today but the amount of conversations and interaction we have on the Stream is more active than say our Facebook Fan Page (12k+ fans) and Twitter (4.6k followers).

Maybe it’s just the breath-of-fresh-air effect — Google+ is still very new and on an invite-only so users tend to be more excited and curious about the service and thus, making them more active on the network.

Another site called FindPeopleonPlus.com also indexes Google+ users (around 1M as of today) and came up with stats of users per country.

Surprisingly, the Philippines is not on the Top 10 (Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal are even ahead of us.) I think we should be gaining more ground by now (hey, we’re the top Facebook users in the world for nothing) and by the next roll out of their index, we could be in the top 10.

The other side of the theory is that Google+ is just for early-adopters and not really mass market (read: pang-masa) just like how Friendster and Facebook became.

But let me go back to my question — Is Google+ ~~good~~ cool enough to replace Facebook as your top destination?

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

46 Comments

kev says:

14 years ago

no… but I’m a registered user of google+ and tried the android app.
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jumper says:

14 years ago

i think you meant, “breath of fresh air” effect, not “fresh breath” effect. :)
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Abe Olandres says:

14 years ago

@jumper – that’s what I was aiming for. thanks!

Messie says:

14 years ago

I have received numerous invites, kaso tinatamad naman ako magregister. However, given the stir that it is creating, I might try it out when I have the time :)
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Noir says:

14 years ago

Top facebook users in the world????

I thought that we were the 4th? or was it 5th?
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zer0ice says:

14 years ago

Is Google+ cool enough to replace Facebook?

No. I don’t think so. Maybe not yet.

If only all my current Facebook friends were in Google+, then I would be ready to ditch Facebook. But the reality of it, it isn’t. So, not yet.
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gooledroid says:

14 years ago

for me yes. panget ng fb chat. and besides panget ng fb daming bug. and i hate their fb private message. nagspam sa message box ko
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Jonaflormicfren says:

14 years ago

Not yet sure, people will embrace something that will provide or answer their needs.
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Carlo says:

14 years ago

Oo, kasi bago lang talaga kaya active mga tao. Magkakaalaman pa pag open-to-all na ang G+.
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Sige FB pa.. says:

14 years ago

Philippines is one of the top FB users in the world.

We can conclude that most of us Filipinos are DULLARDS.

http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2011/04/is_facebook_gea.php
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RaGe says:

14 years ago

sana lang wala masyadong jejemon G+ hehe
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