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Paradise Lost: Paris Hilton arrives on Google+

By | July 26, 2011, 2:42pm PDT

Summary: While some of us seriously debated about privacy and real names on Google+, Google’s online social network took a populist turn with Paris Hilton’s arrival.

Those of us lucky enough to be on Google+ love it. Oh, we may get really upset about Google’s real name policies, and how Google’s attempts to improve it haven’t gone far enough. But, we only get so passionate about it because we love it so. We love how it allows us to have intelligent, private conversations in our select circles, how we can have multiple-person video-conferences at will, and how…. who the heck let Paris Hilton in here!

Ack!

Yes. It’s true. Google+ has gone from being the hangout of the technical elite and buddies to being the latest online hangout of that star of amateur porn and really, really bad reality TV, Paris Hilton.

At first, I thought maybe it was just someone pretending to be Paris Hilton, no matter what Google might have to say about ‘real names.’ No such luck, she’s the real deal. In so much as the word ‘real,’ has anything to do with her. She confirmed it on her Web site.

Oh well, at least Taylor Swift isn’t here yet…. What!? She is! Get out of here! Oh well, at least Taylor has real talent.

Now just so long as Justin Bieber, isn’t on Google+ I guess I’ll live. There are, however, at least six fakes ones and a fan club, but the ‘real’ one hasn’t shown up yet.

I know it’s only a matter of time though. Google+ has, for better or worse, become “popular.”

The horror! The horror!

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting edge, PC operating system

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols is a freelance writer. He does not own stocks or other investments in any technology company.

Biography

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting edge, PC operating system; 300bps was a fast Internet connection; WordStar was the state of the art word processor; and we liked it.

His work has been published in everything from highly technical publications (IEEE Computer, ACM NetWorker, Byte) to business publications (eWEEK, InformationWeek, ZDNet) to popular technology (Computer Shopper, PC Magazine, PC World) to the mainstream press (Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, BusinessWeek).

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