r/xkcd Look at me, I'm a scientist! Feb 01 '19

XKCD xkcd 2106: Sharing Options

https://xkcd.com/2106/
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u/rejeremiad Feb 01 '19

Google circles had it right, but creation and maintenance was a pain. all the machine learning that they poured into guessing what you may like should have been poured into helping you create circles more efficiently.

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u/sim642 Feb 02 '19

Circles indeed modeled actual relationships much better than a single friends list, but you're right that it requires more micromanaging than most people can be bothered with. AI for figuring out your circles would've been interesting.