Comments on: Is Group Texting Google’s Next Social Circle? http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/05/03/is-group-texting-googles-next-social-circle/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Tue, 21 May 2013 20:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Why ATT, Verizon & Disco Should be Looking over their Shoulder -> iMessage | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/05/03/is-group-texting-googles-next-social-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-550226 Why ATT, Verizon & Disco Should be Looking over their Shoulder -> iMessage | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:01:14 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9912#comment-550226 [...] (GroupMe, Google’s Disco.com, Huddl, FastSociety and FB’s Beluga) started adding group texting and social features to texting via the internet. But these technology innovations, while needed, still require adding a [...]

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/05/03/is-group-texting-googles-next-social-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-548285 Mike Blumenthal Wed, 04 May 2011 09:29:47 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9912#comment-548285 @andy
I would not have thought so either but once I tried it and showed it to family and friends, the response surprised me… it broke down into two groups of people… those that wanted to start their own group and those that were happy to be part of a group…no third group that said this is stupid… ie the perceived functionality was high… and the users were happy with the discovery of the tool… that to me is a signal that it will take off IF users learn about it and UNLESS there is a different way to achieve the same functionality that mirrors the functionality and familiarity.

The future is not very predictable that’s for sure… this is a future for sure. But this is unlike Twitter where people saw the value immediately that it has my vote..

]]> By: Andy Kuiper http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/05/03/is-group-texting-googles-next-social-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-548269 Andy Kuiper Wed, 04 May 2011 06:15:26 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9912#comment-548269 I don’t see this ‘group texting’ thingy ever taking off :-)

]]> By: Boyd Butler http://blumenthals.com/blog/2011/05/03/is-group-texting-googles-next-social-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-548234 Boyd Butler Tue, 03 May 2011 13:25:39 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=9912#comment-548234 Mike, once again, a great article. The future is certainly not the past and I see this as a great tool. Text is really under-rated at the moment as a marketing tool by many sme’s. I can see restaurants building some good groups around texts.

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