But hold on, why should the world's newest social network kill anything? In the mortal words of Rodney King, "Can't we all just get along?" And there's no reason why Twitter, Google Plus and Facebook can't. I know it would be convenient to have one social network to rule them all but there isn't a one that's perfect.
I've found different use cases for each. Facebook is where my family and friends are. Twitter is more of a news feed and G+ is really good for conversation. Social Media and Tech star Robert Scoble did an experiment tonight and found the maximum number of comments per-post on Google Plus is 500.
Talk about dialog!
We also can't forget competition breeds innovation. With the launch of Google + came the introduction of the "hang out," where up to you and 9 friends can video conference all at the same time. What did Facebook roll out a week later? Their own video chat service, which is the result of a partnership with Skype. Granted it's something FB had already been working on but it's a good guess that Mark Zuckerberg and company put the project on the fast track and got it out earlier than they wanted to once they found out what Google was doing.
Just watch and you'll be able to see the cat and mouse game heat up in the months and years to come.
I'm hoping none of the 3 social networks get killed because with each comes more choice and more innovation.
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