Remember when Facebook was exclusive? and simple? This was the time before an overabundance of applications and games and everything else that pollutes the social networking environment. This was the Facebook that I signed up for, alas that is no more. At some point the Facebook development team thought that they had to keep changing things up…over and over and over. They think that that people sign up for their service and stay on it because of the changes they were making. At least I hope that is what they think, otherwise it seems like their changes are all in vain. Every time you login to Facebook you are subjected to a barrage of information and advertisements. Did I have some attachment to Facebook? Yes. But I shut down my account and have no regrets.
Then comes Google+. The interface used by Google+ is reminiscent of times past. There’s a lot of whitespace. The information is layed out intuitively. There aren’t ads all over the profiles or alongside the feed. Sure there are games and a few applications, but those are easily ignored. Social networking is about connecting with other people and the interface shouldn’t get in the way of that. This is the primary reason that I love Google+. I see the info that I want to see and don’t have to fight through a pile of peripheral content to do so. Besides the layout and design, Google+ has some other things going for it, but these other features aren’t my primary attraction to the site. In this case, less is more.
