It's lonely in Disneyworld...

I'm on Google+. I have no friends on Google+ (yet). One reason for this is because Google+ is throttling how many people can sign up. Another reason, though, is because some of my friends that I have invited are hesitant to join for various reasons. Some are on Facebook and don't want to jump ship. Others are unimpressed or irritated with Facebook, so why would they sign up for something they perceive as the same thing, more or less. I sympathize with the latter. I was one of the last of my friends to sign up for Facebook (much like I did when I signed up for Myspace) and stopped using it after using it for a few months. I reject Facebook.

But I did use Myspace a good deal and I liked Myspace. I discovered many good bands on Myspace and posted many "funny" pics and videos on my friends' profiles and uploaded many photos, etc. etc., the whole-nine-yards. So I have had pleasant experiences with social networking and think it has potential. So I've been waiting for someone (*cough* Google *cough*) to make a site that does what Facebook did (which I'll admit has some good features) and improves upon the current standard. No way does this sound like Google's m.o.

Having waited so long for such a site to come along (and having been apart of Google's not so successful Wave experiment), it's difficult for me not to get all excited about something as promising as Google+. It seems to incorporate all of Facebook's best and/or most popular features(i.e. their +1 button basically being Facebook's like button) while cutting out the negatives.

But I feel like a little kid at Disney World. I'm saw this really cool thing in front of me that I'm really excited about and I RAN so I could be one of the first people there. But now I have to wait for my friends to show up because I can't go on rides by myself and I don't feel like talking to strangers. Not to mention the fact that some of my friends feel it's not even worth it to make the effort to show up. Some are content going to Six Flags (Facebook...yes that's my little dig at Facebook & Six Flags) while others are disinterested with theme parks. But I believe they only feel that way because they basing their opinions on their experience with Six Flags. They don't realize the potentially awesome experience they could be having if they give Disney World a try.

It's not a perfect simile, but I think you get the idea. I'm calling Google+ the Disney World of social networking. Sure it might be awhile until my friends show up, but that's okay. I'm a patient man. Google built it, so they will come. I'll just hang out at the Epcot Center until then.