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Google will lose their soul. We'll love them less in the coming years.

Created by Lina on 2009-05-28; known on 2011-05-27; judged wrong by Lina on 2011-05-27.

  • Lina estimated 75% on 2009-05-28
  • Lina on 2009-05-28
  • Lina said “Waching Google Wave Preview, I think I got this one wrong ..on 2009-05-29
  • Miyo said “Soul?on 2009-05-30
  • Bébhinn estimated 65% and said “We’ll love them less regardless the state of their soul – seems required when companies go from under-dog to over-lord status -even if benevolent.on 2009-05-30
  • Bébhinn said “Google wave would have taken care of that sole/soul typo!! :-)on 2009-05-30
  • anonym   judged this prediction right on 2009-10-17.
  • anonym   judged this prediction unknown on 2009-10-17.
  • anonym estimated 85% on 2009-10-17
  • gwern estimated 80% on 2010-07-30
  • kallman estimated 80% and said “They’ll still be one of the most useful companies, but their idealism is shgowing some wear and tear.on 2010-11-23
  • Lina   judged this prediction wrong on 2011-05-27.
  • gwern said “I disagree strongly with this judging. they’ve taken a lot of flak for cutting a bunch of loved services like Google Codesearch, and lost even more with the botched Buzz and people aren’t too keen on Google+ either.on 2012-04-10