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> I never understood what value Google was adding to social networks.

For me, the value was "intelligent conversation". It basically replaced HN for me until they changed the UI to be photo-centric and carded.

Ironically, it was when I added an HN circle that my signal-to-noise ratio dropped.

> Facebook at the time didn't need to be disrupted also.

Facebook has needed disruption since 2008.



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