<story><title>Google+&apos;s Real Goal is Not to Kill Facebook, but to Force it to Open</title><url>http://marshallk.com/google-pluss-real-goal-is-not-to-kill-facebook-but-to-force-it-to-open</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>petervandijck</author><text>And the reason they want social Open is to commoditize it. (Same strategy as Android.) Everything a commodity except for search is the perfect world for Google.</text></comment>
<story><title>Google+&apos;s Real Goal is Not to Kill Facebook, but to Force it to Open</title><url>http://marshallk.com/google-pluss-real-goal-is-not-to-kill-facebook-but-to-force-it-to-open</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tilt</author><text>I think Google+ biggest bet right now is to spot, or introduce, the way people will live the web tomorrow. Changing it from Search to Discover.&lt;p&gt;And no, it can&apos;t relay completely on our friend&apos;s interests (à la Facebook) cause they&apos;re their interests not ours.&lt;p&gt;We&apos;ll probably stick much and much more to our beloved communities (topics, not friends) and start every web-related activity from there.
That&apos;s something Google can&apos;t let Facebook win on.</text></comment>