Meredith Whittaker on Nostr: I remember Google+, and the idee fixe and mad hype around it. G+ was a ghost town. ...

I remember Google+, and the idee fixe and mad hype around it. G+ was a ghost town. But for the first year or so the G+ team reported astronomical engagement numbers. Huhh?

Finally we learned they were counting every G+ notification dropped at the top of Gmail as an "engagement."

Anyway, I wonder how they're measuring this...

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-earnings-q3-2024-new-code-created-by-ai-2024-10