One of the main draws for Google+, and one of the reasons why I killed my Facebook account after many years, is due to the games. Google+ doesn’t have games, and Facebook has them. They’re loud, and obnoxious as possible, and that’s one of the reasons why games have been so successful on the Facebook platform. They get attention, they draw fans, you’re encouraged to draw in your buddies to also play, and that’s all well and good if you don’t hate games, but what if you’re like me and you hate the spam?
Well, the fact that Google+ is adding games isn’t shocking, but they’re adding games with a promise. The games on Google+ will be added in without a ton of fanfare or annoying, stream-killing spam. Instead, the games will be opt-in only. Meaning, you only get spammed by the games once you choose to be spammed by the games, and not by everyone else’s games!
So long as they keep all that mess hidden and out of my stream unless I choose to follow, that’s all you can ask for. After all, it’s all about eyeballs and games bring eyeballs, but the hope is they won’t bother people like me who want to be left alone.
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