Google+ Runs Out of Disk Space, Swamps Users With Notifications

dkd903 writes "Yesterday, many users of Google+ noticed Google spamming their inbox with multiple email notifications in very quick succession. Earlier today, Vic Gundotra, Head of Social at Google, explained what was causing it – Google ran out of disk space on the server that keeps track of notifications."

Re:Google+

[Haedrian]

Well its still an 'in work' product. So they made a mistake, good thing they didn't tout it as finished yet. Don't know about the rest of the allegations because I don't have an account.

It hasn't 'come out of beta', according to the page its : "in limited Field Trial" which I suppose means 'semi-open beta'.

Re:Google+

[Anonymous Coward]

What are you talking about? http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/facebook-instant-personalization-how-to-disable-it-and-why/8006 [zdnet.com]

Facebook tracking is on something like 1 in 3 websites

Re:As an early-adopter of Google+

[Anonymous Psychopath]

... all I can said is that FB has nothing to worry about. The interface is utterly boring, the circles are way too hard to set up, you can't tell who you shared your posts with, and I still can't figure out how to post on someone's wall. Oh, and posting a photo, uggg. Maybe it's fixable, but this is not an encouraging start.

If you would call an interface that's not cluttered with Mafia Wars and Farmville updates "boring", then I suppose it's boring. But I prefer it over FB's.

Circles are drag-and-drop. I'm not sure how they could have made it easier. By comparison, FB has you check boxes next to names when you edit Groups.

If you create a new post and share it with only one person, that's functionally the same as a Wall post. Granular control over who sees what you post is G+'s biggest selling point.

Agreed on Photos. The integration to Picasa feels clunky to me.

Honestly, most of your criticisms seem to come from the perspective someone who hasn't spent more than 10 or 15 minutes with G+. Of course it doesn't work exactly the same way as FB. What would be the point?

Re:Google+

[The Dawn Of Time]

Held responsible how? You want a money-back guarantee?

Sometimes the ungrateful attitude of the entitled whiners around here takes me aback, despite years of reading it.

Re:Google+

[GrumpySteen]

Google+ uses Google's standard terms of service which say "You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit."

Pretty much exactly what you're asking for, minus the ability to claim ownership of other people's work just because you uploaded a copy.

Re:Google+

[semi-extrinsic]

Hi there. I live in Norway, which is a democracy where we've had a strong government and mostly no capitalism (what you would call socialism) for the last century. We have the highest standard of living in the world and a "Savings account" of more than 100% GDP. Contrast this with America's "Debt" of above 100% GDP. So I guess we can conclude that your claim, "Democracy requires capitalism", is patently false.