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The force-feeding of AI features on an unwilling public

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451 points imartin2k | 4 comments | 06 Jul 25 06:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.629s | source
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arnaudsm ◴[06 Jul 25 16:04 UTC] No.44481886[source]▶
Remembering the failure of Google+, I wonder if hostilely forcing a product to your users makes it less likely to succeed.
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1. mat_b ◴[06 Jul 25 16:14 UTC] No.44481967[source]▶
Google Buzz is a better example
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2. throwawayoldie ◴[06 Jul 25 18:05 UTC] No.44482771[source]▶
Was it that one or Google Wave that was supposed to become the dominant form of communication within 5 years? I don't remember much about either one.
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3. smileysteve ◴[06 Jul 25 18:17 UTC] No.44482858[source]▶
Google Wave is tangential to slack, discord, Facebook groups, and Whatsapp communities, arguably reddit communities...

So they may have been on to something

4. ryandrake ◴[06 Jul 25 20:00 UTC] No.44483569[source]▶
Google+ is a great example, because there was a very similar mindless push to integrate it into all of their products, by any means necessary. And then, when it fizzled, there was the inevitable engineering effort to rip it all out. I predict in a few years, when the AI fad has subsided, there will be a similar amount of engineering effort undertaken at all of these companies to pull out and sunset these expensive AI integrations...