Vic: We looked at video conferencing. Why don’t families connect?
1. Expensive, ok, we make it free.
2. Complicated, using software and hardware, we made ours browser.
3rd is Social, what if someone rejects you? You won’t go to neighbor and knock on door to say “hi”. But 2 or 3 people on the porch and you feel compelled to walk up to them and say hi. In circles, if there’s 2-3 people, and people go to the hangout because there are people there, that stimulates usage of Hangout. We provide hangout free.
