LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner is getting quoted all over the place for dissing Google+, effectively saying that nobody has time for another social network. Speaking at an event, Weiner was asked whether Google+ could coexist with Facebook, Twitter and his own LinkedIn, reports Business Insider.
Weiner says Twitter is for “microcasting” short snippets of information, Facebook is for communicating with family and friends and LinkedIn is for a person’s professional life. That triad doesn’t leave much room for Google+, he argues. “You introduce Google+, where am I going to spend that next minute or hour of my discretionary time? I have no more time.”
According to TG Daily’s Mark Raby, “Weiner is neglecting the face that monopolies, even ones like Facebook, can be broken. In a recent customer satisfaction survey from ForeSee Results, Facebook ranked last among all website in the Social Media category, which included other sites like Youtube, Wikipedia, Twitter, and Myspace. Facebook scored a 66 out of a possible 100, which isn’t terrible but it certainly leaves room for someone to swoop in and bring some healthy competition to the table.”
According to SlashGear’s Chris Davies, Weiner’s perspective differs from MySpace founder Tom Anderson’s opinion of Google+ which was generally positive.
Read more at Business Insider, SlashGear and TG Daily.
Update 12:09 p.m. EST, July 25, 2011: According to LinkedIn, the Business Insider quote used as the basis for this story isn’t entirely accurate. In fact, its PR firm says “overall Jeff is complimentary of Google.” Want to judge for yourself? Here’s video of Weiner’s comments at a Churchill Club event last week in which he discusses Google Plus and other social platforms.
