THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Brehvolution on June 30, 2011, 03:12:16 PM
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Anyone got any invites? :P
Seriously though, the more I read up on it, the better it sounds. The 'circles' idea is what really intrigues me. It looks like(if I'm understanding correctly) that you can keep friends, family, and coworker conversations separate a lot easier. This is a deal breaker for me.
'Huddle' also sounds great for group text messages.
I'm not saying it is a facebook killer, but I would love to give this a try.
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Invite here too if y'all got one.
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It's closed for now.
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It's stupid. Deleted my account.
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I signed up a couple places so if I get one, I will offer 10 of them to EB folk who want one. I think you get 15 invites once you are in.
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I got an invite, but it's closed up right now. As soon as I get in I'll send out an invite to whoever wants one. :hump
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I'm in so PM some email addresses folks.
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invite me, you homos
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I can't invite anyone without an email address.
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I'm cautiously optimistic that this will be good.
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I already blocked certain Family members from seeing my wall posts 'cause I hate hearing shit through the grapevine about what I posted . Circles does sound cool as far as managing that.
Also, thanks Cajole for the invite!
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It's pretty awesome.
Hangouts is an awesome concept. But I only have a webcam on my netbook, need to get one for my desktop for it to really be useful for me. Sparks needs a lot of work, or an "Add from RSS" option. Circles is hugely promising to me, especially as an amateur photographer. Oh and the photo part of Google+ is damn slick (http://thomashawk.com/2011/06/google-a-bold-step-forward-in-the-world-of-social-photo-sharing.html).
Google Maps, Calendar, and Gmail (as a theme) both got design refreshes today that line up with the design language in Google+, and both look pretty cool, especially Calendar which before now looked outdated as hell. Google Docs needs a new design the most though, it's like the last Google site to not even use the new logo. And the spacing is all out of whack.
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Photos being linked to Googles photo service is awesome considering how you can actually click GIFs and they'll actually animate.
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what is the point on being on a social network that very few of your acquaintances are on? seems a bit forever alone to me
Also, saw an amusing tweet today: Anyone want a gmail invite? I have 98 left
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what is the point on being on a social network that very few of your acquaintances are on? seems a bit forever alone to me
facebook had to start somewhere! but yeah, of course it is forever alone right now
this post makes a good point: http://www.allfacebook.com/the-one-google-plus-feature-facebook-should-fear-2011-06
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I like google stuff, but looking at Googles previous efforts with Social web stuff (Google Wave, Google Buzz) it's probably not going to pan out that well for them
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what is the point on being on a social network that very few of your acquaintances are on? seems a bit forever alone to me
facebook had to start somewhere! but yeah, of course it is forever alone right now
this post makes a good point: http://www.allfacebook.com/the-one-google-plus-feature-facebook-should-fear-2011-06
The reality is that users won’t have the option of not using Google Plus.
Last I checked, I can "delete" my Google+ profile whenever I please.
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what is the point on being on a social network that very few of your acquaintances are on? seems a bit forever alone to me
facebook had to start somewhere! but yeah, of course it is forever alone right now
this post makes a good point: http://www.allfacebook.com/the-one-google-plus-feature-facebook-should-fear-2011-06
The reality is that users won’t have the option of not using Google Plus.
Last I checked, I can "delete" my Google+ profile whenever I please.
What they meant is users won't have to opt-in. Which I still kind of don't buy. You need a Google account to make it work, and unfortunately most people use Google without having one.
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The main point of being on Google + right now is to have something to wave your cock about, ironically on Facebook (and twitter)
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you can +1 google results now :o
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+1 us
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I just did, teehee. Feels good.
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I like google stuff, but looking at Googles previous efforts with Social web stuff (Google Wave, Google Buzz) it's probably not going to pan out that well for them
Google Buzz packed a mean buzz
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Buzz was pretty great from a technological standpoint. I mean you can't argue otherwise if you dig Google+, because the stream from Google+ basically is Buzz. Works the exact same way. Muting posts, attaching links, uploading photos, commenting, editing, etc. are all from Buzz. Actually Google+ sharing is sort of a gimped Buzz because Buzz would let you import a bunch of posts from other services like Twitter, Flickr, etc. The closest Google+ gets is Picasa uploads, and it only does it for uploads from within Google+ itself.
It's a shame the privacy fiasco shot Buzz's kneecaps clean off, though. It was a lovely service to use. I myself had been using it from last summer until Google+ launched, it was pretty awesome if you followed the right people. But with these kind of sites, people they don't want to go out and find interesting people, they want all their friends they already know to find them. So it's sort of an inherent laziness, too. IMO the worst part about Buzz, technologically, was that you could only post from within Gmail. That severely hamstrung it after the privacy fiasco. Posts could be viewed outside of Gmail, and you could even comment on and like them. But you couldn't post from outside Gmail without a third-party client. And that is lame.
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Yeah it was alright, I thought it was pretty unintuitive and badly designed personally and it just defaulted to integrating with other google services I didn't want to integrate like posting banal status changes in google chat >:( I was really into google wave though, I'll probably use G+ quite a bit since I use google stuff to communicate with (nerdy) uni/work friends and acquaintances, and I usually talk to them online more than anybody I usually hang out with irl who I'm friends with on FB.
+1'd EBs google results
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Yeah it was alright, I thought it was pretty unintuitive and badly designed personally and it just defaulted to integrating with other google services I didn't want to integrate like posting banal status changes in google chat >:( I was really into google wave though, I'll probably use G+ quite a bit since I use google stuff to communicate with (nerdy) uni/work friends and acquaintances, and I usually talk to them online more than anybody I usually hang out with irl who I'm friends with on FB.
+1'd EBs google results
I actually never really got that much into Wave. I'd check it every month or so, but it never really served a purpose. Technologically speaking it was pretty amazing and ambitious, and thankfully the best parts like real-time editing were added to other Google apps like Docs. But it never really did anything for me, and felt very heavy (the opposite of every single other Google site, including Google+ and Google Docs) and performed somewhat bad, and layout-wise it was a mess. Even waves themselves were a clusterfuck. Trying to follow the GAF waves was an exercise in getting my eyes sodomized, with pictures, embedded content, polls, indenting and nesting, font colors and sizes and... ugh. Makes me shiver. I'm glad for the technology it delivered, but I'm also glad it's gone and that the employees who worked on it are doing more relevant things.
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Yeah I just used it coz of work and group projects at uni and all the nerds were into it. It was pretty messy for sure, but worked well.
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Whatever, you can post animated gifs and they actually animate. Oh wait, that was already said.
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I'm in! now let's make an evilbore circle.
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I like google stuff, but looking at Googles previous efforts with Social web stuff (Google Wave, Google Buzz) it's probably not going to pan out that well for them
This was my first thought as well. Wave -- I never even used it, but it seemed like it would have been great for running a distributed tabletop RPG.
/iwannacastmagicmissile
/imattackingthedarkness
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Anyone have an invite?
Are there any smartphone apps for it? Ipad or android?
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Invites are sent.
I need an email address Mojo.
AV, PM me your email address and I"ll send ya an invite.
For mobile app, go to http://m.google.com/plus from your phone and follow the directions for your device.
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I got the invite thanks, but I seem unable to do anything cause the project is closed or something :lol
Try signing out and back in, that worked for some people.
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Keep checking on it. It said the same to me and the 5 minutes later I was in.
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Looks like they changed the way invites are sent since yesterday. :-\
They way it worked yesterday doesn't seem to be working today. :(
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If you are talking about me, Zero, I think it's because I tried to do it on the iPad. On my PC it brought me to the signup screen but then told me to fuck off anyway due to high demand.
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Google+ is a better Facebook and a better Tumblr mixed into one, with a little Twitter sprinkled on top, and with Buzz acting like the hot fudge at the bottom.
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what is the point on being on a social network that very few of your acquaintances are on? seems a bit forever alone to me
all my programmer friends are jumping aboard, so it'd basically be a special-purpose facebook for the tech nerd circles I'm in, sort of like how myspace stuck around for a while as a special-purpose site for local bands/music scenes before it went completely under. I'd post all my nerdy stuff there and post the (relatively)non-nerdy stuff on facebook. I haven't gotten an invite though. :-\
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-agPOW-7LAsM/Tg6L3Hic7BI/AAAAAAAAFow/KJNb0KrFJu8/SeinGoog.png)
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Looks like they changed the way invites are sent since yesterday. :-\
They way it worked yesterday doesn't seem to be working today. :(
So....are they working now? If they are working do you have any more invites? :X
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a friend of mine would like an invite... can you guys send me an invite so i can then send an invite to him if possible?
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(http://i.imgur.com/SrmIX.jpg)
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y'all be mad.
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I wouldn't want to belong to any social network that would let me in it, anyway.
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Looks like they changed the way invites are sent since yesterday. :-\
They way it worked yesterday doesn't seem to be working today. :(
So....are they working now? If they are working do you have any more invites? :X
PM me your email address.
(http://i.imgur.com/SrmIX.jpg)
:rofl
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This is lame. it wasn't this much work to get into the GMail beta.
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FWIW I'm interested in this too.
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It's alright. Won't be taking down FB though,but as another respectable social network it's cool for now until the great unwashed come aboard at which point it won't be as exclusive anymore and to be even cooler i'll close my account and bitch about the good old days.
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is it 2008 again when everyone is excited by social networks?
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is it 2008 again when everyone is excited by social networks?
More like 2005.
Or 2003.
Or 2001.
These things go in cycles.
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(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-j9fH4qwttJ4/ThGBp0sf1UI/AAAAAAAAAPc/jetqI0LpEuE/s1280/google-vip.jpg)
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:rofl
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I love the quizzical wide eyed look of the first girl
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Are your invites time-sensitive, Zero?
I don't think so. THey just need to open the door ffs.
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Thanks for the invites! Still, uh, all I get is "Already invited? We have exceeded allocation, try again later :smug" idc though, I would've logged in looked around and left until more people came anyway.
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I want in :(
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INVITE MEH
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Who knows if they will open the doors back? It's supposed to go live at the end of the month, so some might just have to wait til then.
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well i'm in. kinda underwhelming when no one else i know is.
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Invites are up for me.
Besides that, they did some neat changes. The black bar follows you on the page. I didn't think I would like that (I usually hate fixed anything) but I think the black-ness makes it usually unnoticeable, until you want it.
Also, the amount of unread notifications shows up in the favicon, which is neat. Unfortunately the number seems to be see-through, so it's hard to read.
They also put out a video about businesses on Google+. (https://plus.google.com/105923173045049725307/posts/E3mVj6nskaX)
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They delete the profiles when they launch it... how uhhh useful.
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They delete the profiles when they launch it... how uhhh useful.
What are you talking about?
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They said they are deleting private profiles. Share or die.
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They said they are deleting private profiles. Share or die.
They announced that a while ago, when profiles still looked like this:
(http://i.imgur.com/3qqBT.png)
Private profiles are different from making your profile private.
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Filling out this form does not guarrantee you a spot in the program. These test profiles will be retired when we launch our business product.
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Filling out this form does not guarrantee you a spot in the program. These test profiles will be retired when we launch our business product.
Why are you signing up a business profile?
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I work for a business that may be interested in signing up for a Google+ profile.
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I work for a business that may be interested in signing up for a Google+ profile.
Oh.
Well Google+ isn't even public yet. I'd go ahead and do it anyways.
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Invites are up again.
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http://deadspin.com/5818693/hey-it-was-the-seventies-mark-cuban-narrates-a-gallery-of-his-debaucherous-college-rugby-years/gallery/1
Yesterday, after following a link to a link to Mark Cuban's Google+ gallery of old computer ads, we clicked back to Cuban's Google+ profile, where we found multiple public galleries of his rugby years at Indiana University. Cuban had no idea the photos had been made public. After we asked if we could post a few, he supplied a full slideshow narrative
good jon google
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What the fuck is Google+? Why does Google insist on doing these weird nerds only launches for their shit?
People who have the exclusive thing: HEY GUYS LOOK AT GOOGLE PLUS IT'S SO COOL. I'M IN IT. CHECK IT OUT! REALLY GLAD I'M IN IT!
People who don't have exclusive thing: oh man, i really want that thing that i can't have.
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People who are childish and impatient: Oh man this exclusive thing really sucks I don't think anyone will use it.
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I still have a livejournal. :-[
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I still have a livejournal. :-[
Yeah no one else I know IRL keeps an updated blog.
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I still have a livejournal. :-[
Me too. :P
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Whoever Matt is should stop inviting me to Google+ cause I still get a bullshit screen about exceeding capacity, I'll just join in when its free to everybody. Thanks a lot though man.
When I add someone to a circle for an invite, the whole circle gets the message. I can't just send it to individuals. I got a bunch of requests so that is why you got multiple messages. I'm done now though so you won't get anymore. :P
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People who are childish and impatient: Oh man this exclusive thing really sucks I don't think anyone will use it.
:lol Nah, it's just stupid.
The 'over allocated' stuff its really strange, it's Google, they're smart but with so many missteps in their social networking software attempts I really wonder if they know what they're doing. I would love to see Google+ thrive, and I hope Google stop being knobs and get lots and lots of people into an app I will actually enjoy using. Ugly, uninspired, boring, unintuitive, some words Facebook brings to mind.
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so, how about an eb circle
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so, how about an eb circle
That is all I have right now. :lol
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Hey I can see profiles now.
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add me! add me!
https://plus.google.com/114814952712929498086/posts?hl=en&tab=wX
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tehjaybo@gmail for those that have an invite left.
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who the hell is joel.
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me
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tight :D
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I'm in now and added some people, but it just seems so barren and makes me wonder why anyone would switch from Facebook to this.
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Once this goes live it will get way more active.
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I'm in now and added some people, but it just seems so barren and makes me wonder why anyone would switch from Facebook to this.
because i hate most everyone on facebook
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it's facebook without the hot people
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OK, I'm in now.
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What the fuck is Google+? Why does Google insist on doing these weird nerds only launches for their shit?
People who have the exclusive thing: HEY GUYS LOOK AT GOOGLE PLUS IT'S SO COOL. I'M IN IT. CHECK IT OUT! REALLY GLAD I'M IN IT!
People who don't have exclusive thing: oh man, i really want that thing that i can't have.
Seriously, what the fuck is Google+? Google launches something like every 3 months that is some variation on Google ___ and no one ever hears about it again.
Just like Gmail. What a failure that was.
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Me too lol
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How do I add you people? By email? Mine is jabarie.d@gmail.com
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NOW:
"Man this is great I don't have to add people I don't like and all the circles are awesome and it's all just so stress-free"
A YEAR FROM NOW:
"My Mom and Aunts keeps posting bible quotes about the election on my stream :("
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NOW:
"Man this is great I don't have to add people I don't like and all the circles are awesome and it's all just so stress-free"
A YEAR FROM NOW:
"My Mom and Aunts keeps posting bible quotes about the election on my stream :("
There are alternate stream views. One of the biggest requests that should be pushed out soon is setting a certain circle as the default stream.
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It seems like too much work to make circles.
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It seems like too much work to make circles.
Huh? I've used this for probably a total of 10 mins and that's the only thing I know how to do. It's really simple.
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OK fine, I saw three boxes and a pop up window with checkboxes and I just closed out of it all
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Is there a way to create notes on a person or change how we view their name? I don't recognize people like Cajole immediately and it would help if I could put a note to remind me who Joel is.
Not yet.
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Is there a way to create notes on a person or change how we view their name? I don't recognize people like Cajole immediately and it would help if I could put a note to remind me who Joel is.
I was told of a way to use an alias for certain circles but not in the opposite direction. For instance, I have it so my profile says "BlueTsunami" for people I add from GAF (and put in their respective circle) and no where else. It would be cool if Google adds something like you're suggesting seeing as how their system seems more conducive towards following and friending people you don't know in real life.
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Added some. Here's me: https://plus.google.com/117093141130658828497/
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Google+Facebook allows you to see your Facebook stream inside Google+.
Simply Connect to Facebook, and get all the updates on your Google+ Facebook tab.
(http://static.crossrider.com/images/googlefacebook.png)
http://crossrider.com/install/519-google-facebook
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That's exactly why I've always thought that when Facebook's demise comes, it will be faster than almost anyone expects. They've made it sooooo easy to share that data with every other app in the universe that they are effectively just handing the baton on to the 'next thing'. Not saying it will be G+, mind. But whatever it is will just allow a one-click take-my-whole-FB-account-with-me deal and people can safely kiss FB goodbye.
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Is there a way to create notes on a person or change how we view their name? I don't recognize people like Cajole immediately and it would help if I could put a note to remind me who Joel is.
I was told of a way to use an alias for certain circles but not in the opposite direction. For instance, I have it so my profile says "BlueTsunami" for people I add from GAF (and put in their respective circle) and no where else. It would be cool if Google adds something like you're suggesting seeing as how their system seems more conducive towards following and friending people you don't know in real life.
How do I do this?
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Is there a way to create notes on a person or change how we view their name? I don't recognize people like Cajole immediately and it would help if I could put a note to remind me who Joel is.
I was told of a way to use an alias for certain circles but not in the opposite direction. For instance, I have it so my profile says "BlueTsunami" for people I add from GAF (and put in their respective circle) and no where else. It would be cool if Google adds something like you're suggesting seeing as how their system seems more conducive towards following and friending people you don't know in real life.
How do I do this?
Go to your profile screen > Edit Profile > Scroll down to Other Name > type in the name you want and click custom in the "Who can view this" drop down
It'll allow you to choose whichever circles you've created
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i don't think it replaces the main name on your profile. it just add's an "other names" section in your "about" tab. at least from what i can see. use "view profile as..." with someone in your gaf circle and see what i mean.
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Google+Facebook allows you to see your Facebook stream inside Google+.
Simply Connect to Facebook, and get all the updates on your Google+ Facebook tab.
(http://static.crossrider.com/images/googlefacebook.png)
http://crossrider.com/install/519-google-facebook
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/ikymu/googlefacebook_allows_you_to_view_your_facebook/c24mfci
Hope none of you dopes actually installed this.
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Yeah I noticed that a bit late and was just going to post this.
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Who is Nizar?
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Thats a cool idea.
Btw now that Picasa is the google+ picture service, did they lift the 1GB limit?
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Thats a cool idea.
Btw now that Picasa is the google+ picture service, did they lift the 1GB limit?
It's impossible for you to hit it if you upload your photos through Google+, as they'll always be resized to 2048px if they're over that limit. And photos 2048px or less don't count towards the 1 GB of storage.
You can upload larger images through Picasa and they won't be resized, but anything over 800px in Picasa counts towards the 1 GB. Videos longer than 15 minutes on both Google+ and Picasa also count towards the 1 GB limit.
I bought 20 GB of storage for Picasa earlier this year so obviously it's not a concern for me, even less so now. :P
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Dunno man 20 gigs is nothing, I need to sort my pics I have like 35 gigs.
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I added some peeps. 8)
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Could somebody invite me. :(
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Circles > Add a new person... > email address
If it finds a match, there ya go, if it doesn't, you can add them to a circle anyway and send an invite.
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That's me. :heart Ur welcome!
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I really like how slick the circle thing is, and the integration with picasa, really hope this takes off.
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There's an Android app :teehee
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There's an Android app :teehee
Only mobile OS that matters anyways.
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The iOS app should be up any day now. Probably Thursday, I'd wager.
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Alright, added some of you guys. LET'S DO THIS SHIT!
Kinda feels like being really excited for a Friday night, but it's 5:30 and you still have 3 hours of waiting around until the real party starts. :fbm
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I signed up (thanks jiji!) but I can't find anyone so it's like Facebook, except with nobody, and that kind of sucks :X
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someone should all the work and make a list of members with a link to their profiles so i can get this circle going.
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I signed up (thanks jiji!) but I can't find anyone so it's like Facebook, except with nobody, and that kind of sucks :X
So far almost everyone I know is like, "Google what? ???" Then I explain it and they go, "Ohhhh so like Facebook!!!" Fuck, why didn't I think of that? Would've saved me 2 minutes.
"Google+ you ask? It's Facebook." smh, in 2 months when they become the G+ expert, I'll make sure to add them to my "Other" circle.
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So far almost everyone I know is like, "Google what? " Then I explain it and they go, "Ohhhh so like Facebook!!!" Fuck, why didn't I think of that? Would've saved me 2 minutes.
Just show them this cartoon:
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/googleplus.png)
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:lol don't tempt me
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So is there a way for someone to make public circles/groups/lists whatever so we can make an Evilbore circle without having to go find everyone ourselves?
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Yeah, I'm lazy. Feed yourselves into me and we can all be silly happy rhythm busting friends together.
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So is there a way for someone to make public circles/groups/lists whatever so we can make an Evilbore circle without having to go find everyone ourselves?
Not yet, but it's toward the top of Google's list from what I understand. That and sub-circles.
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https://plus.google.com/104396198222144732998/
Add me fuckos.
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https://plus.google.com/104757723555948364778
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https://plus.google.com/115823305763618595218
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I just shared some videos on G+ but I am wondering how it looks like from your side, do you get notifications every time I share something with the bore circle or does it just show up in the stream without sending any notifications?
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Skidmark
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Yep, that's me, here is my G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/115654218892419830964
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I turned of all mails, so it just shows up in the bore stream, no notifications.
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https://plus.google.com/105687624858930338212?hl=en
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I just shared some videos on G+ but I am wondering how it looks like from your side, do you get notifications every time I share something with the bore circle or does it just show up in the stream without sending any notifications?
Just shows up in the stream unless you add someone specifically, then they get a notification.
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Yep, that's me, here is my G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/115654218892419830964
This would be less confusing if you weren't using the same avatar as Eric P.
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Yeah, I didn't know that he was using it. I found it on reddit during E3. I will change it. I might need some suggestions. :P
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Would anyone be willing to send an invite my way?
Pretty prease.
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Invite sent. Drozmight pm me your email.
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My+. EB Circle is ready
https://plus.google.com/u/0/109984687554367747952
edit: just getting a bunch of errors atm. 'error adding to circle', 'error contacting notification server', 'error, ERROR, ERROR'
edit2: how are people adding me, I'm getting notifications, but it's saying I'm not in any of their circles... I thought you had to add someone to a circle otherwise they're not added
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Who's Matt?
Also, I added all of you fuckers. :-*
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This is horrible on the iPad. It keep switching to the mobile version and even Buzz pops up frequently.
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This is a small bug but I hate it, such a cliche noob programming mistake, it makes Google seem dumb
(http://i.imgur.com/2vuam.png)
in my circles = 28
(http://i.imgur.com/T4CcN.png)
>:(
Even more annoying is it saying only 3 people have me in their circles when it actually 14. Makes me seem even more unpopular :'(
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Don't you have people in multiple circles?
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Who's Matt?
Also, I added all of you fuckers. :-*
:-*
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:-*
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Add me, feggs. https://plus.google.com/102643633248862560684
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wtf, wheres my double chin i was promised. fuk this shit
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i have facebook invites if anyone wants one
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This is a small bug but I hate it, such a cliche noob programming mistake, it makes Google seem dumb
(http://i.imgur.com/2vuam.png)
in my circles = 28
(http://i.imgur.com/T4CcN.png)
>:(
Even more annoying is it saying only 3 people have me in their circles when it actually 14. Makes me seem even more unpopular :'(
I think people can choose to be invisible in other people's circles.
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Who's Matt?
Also, I added all of you fuckers. :-*
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Oh hi there! :-*
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Who's James? Because you're pretty sexy :heart
SPAM MY STREAM BABY!
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https://plus.google.com/116855676298506126279/
come on add me. i'm lonely here.
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How do I get one of those fancy G+ links? I really need to make an EB circle now.
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https://plus.google.com/116855676298506126279/
come on add me. i'm lonely here.
Added to "Hotties" circle. :heartbeat
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:-*
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i quickly made list based on who i knew in my circle as well as from the links that were shared. i know a few are missing and i'm not sure if some of you want your name on the list so add yourself.
Green Man - https://plus.google.com/103048959336064895673
BobFromPikeCreek - https://plus.google.com/116855676298506126279/
jiji - https://plus.google.com/102643633248862560684
quietID - https://plus.google.com/u/0/109984687554367747952
Cormacaroni - https://plus.google.com/115823305763618595218
recursivelyenumerable - https://plus.google.com/104757723555948364778
Rebiak - https://plus.google.com/104396198222144732998/
Robo - https://plus.google.com/117093141130658828497/
TEEEPO - https://plus.google.com/114814952712929498086/
The Business - https://plus.google.com/108242097578935017459/
Wrath2k - https://plus.google.com/102858518231668578319/
ZeroHero - https://plus.google.com/108961762974390541572/
Bebpo - https://plus.google.com/105687624858930338212/
Skidmark - https://plus.google.com/115654218892419830964/
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hey, cigarilloots: https://plus.google.com/#115919814741913580478
fixed. fuckin' tits.
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That's recursive, not you. :wag
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Don't you have people in multiple circles?
I was all like :duh Then I checked and it still didn't add up :smug All is right with the world though now
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Who's James? Because you're pretty sexy :heart
SPAM MY STREAM BABY!
:o :heart
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Who's James? Because you're pretty sexy :heart
SPAM MY STREAM BABY!
:o :heart
Get to posting more pics, birthday boy :whip
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If you block posts from someone do they know? One of my brother's friends added me and I figured I'd add him to the "obscure circle that will not see any of my posts but will give the nicety of adding him back" but apparently he spams posts like a madman and I want to block them.
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they won't know
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If you block posts from someone do they know? One of my brother's friends added me and I figured I'd add him to the "obscure circle that will not see any of my posts but will give the nicety of adding him back" but apparently he spams posts like a madman and I want to block them.
I'm not even courtesy-circling people on G+. Fuck that, I'm done with faux-friending. If they add me, they can see my public posts and I will not see anything from them ever. I'M TALKING TO YOU, FEDERMAN!
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the weird thing about google+ is that people i don't even know who are friends with atleast one friend of mine are for some reason adding me to their circles.
it's myspace all over again
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the weird thing about google+ is that people i don't even know who are friends with atleast one friend of mine are for some reason adding me to their circles.
it's myspace all over again
Probably because they want to flesh out their now-barren circles. When (if) G+ gains more popularity and people have enough real life friends to populate their circles i'm sure it'll become much rarer.
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The more I think about G+, the more I like it. It's like Facebook with all the cringe-inducing narcissism removed.
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I've been ignoring this thing up until Patel talked about it on FB, and now I'm slightly intrigued. I'm someone who hasn't been entirely convinced of FB and Twitter widely different approaches social networking, so I'm willing to try something new. Any spare invites left?
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If you aren't "social" in the first place - G+ wont be any different (even worse, no Bejeweled Blitz). The only positive I can see is that this one is less intrusive, and is "part" of the everyday services you use with GMail, YouTube, etc. so it's not much of an eyesore.
You log into GMail, you sign onto your Google Reader, iGoogle, and there's the top bar with notifications that people replied to your stuff, added you, etc.
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tl;dr - a more fleshed out twitter and rss
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I kind of like just having Patel and my boss in my circles. Not overly impressed with it as of yet, but then again I'm lazy and haven't screwed around with it too much.
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If you aren't "social" in the first place - G+ wont be any different (even worse, no Bejeweled Blitz). The only positive I can see is that this one is less intrusive, and is "part" of the everyday services you use with GMail, YouTube, etc. so it's not much of an eyesore.
You log into GMail, you sign onto your Google Reader, iGoogle, and there's the top bar with notifications that people replied to your stuff, added you, etc.
I'm not against social networking, but I found FB and Twitter approaches lacking in a few key areas; the former is harder to manage and very bloated while the latter encourages everyone to spam and doesn't foster extended conversations, by definition.
Mt biggest gripe about SN will always be trying to convince the people that matter to jump ships, regardless of the service's quality. And I really don't really have it in me to invest in more than one service.
Having said that, I'm still liking what I'm hearing about G+.
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the weird thing about google+ is that people i don't even know who are friends with atleast one friend of mine are for some reason adding me to their circles.
it's myspace all over again
This. One thousand times, this. I've got FOAFs coming out of the woodwork. I don't know about you guys, but I can barely stay on top of my actual friends' updates.
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the weird thing about google+ is that people i don't even know who are friends with atleast one friend of mine are for some reason adding me to their circles.
it's myspace all over again
This. One thousand times, this. I've got FOAFs coming out of the woodwork. I don't know about you guys, but I can barely stay on top of my actual friends' updates.
Then:
1. Don't add them to your (active) Circles.
2. Don't post things Publicly or to a Circle they are a member of.
You'll never see their posts, and they'll never see your posts. When someone adds you to a Circle it's like "Following" on Twitter. It doesn't mean shit to you or your posts.
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You can now see who a post was shared with, takes away from the mystery of the circles.
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Also, iPhone app is out.
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You can now see who a post was shared with, takes away from the mystery of the circles.
Boooooo to thaaaat. Secret circles were the best. :'(
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yeah that sux. I liked google+ before they sold out and went mainstream
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BOY TWITTER IS SO FUN
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You can see who you're in the club with.
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Someone might be able to deduce what circles you have them in based on the membership, but beyond that, I don't see the problem there. If anyone comments, they're revealed to everyone in the circle anyway, like -- fantasy scenario -- if you have a fuckbuddy circle, it's not exactly a secret when someone responds to your internet booty-call.
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well, i think i'll just sit here and concoct imaginary posts to my imaginary fuckbuddy circle for the next coupla hours
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is google+ cool yet
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Is there a way to share a specific (public) G+ post on twitter? Without just linking to your profile? I'm looking for a 'permalink' type option but can't see it. No doubt I am merely aged and blind.
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this all just seems like a perfect time to hop off the social train altogether
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Cajole says you just click on the timestamp to link to an individual post. :duh
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this all just seems like a perfect time to hop off the social train altogether
I dunno, G+ actually has me happy to talk to people on the Internet again, which is something of a miracle
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http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/tim-duncan-sends-teammates-google-invitations-for,20947/
SAN ANTONIO—For nearly a week, Spurs center Tim Duncan has reportedly emailed his teammates invitations to join him on Google’s new social networking site, Google+. “Please join soon, as I’ve already begun sharing game plans and upcoming events via Google+’s Circles feature,” Duncan wrote in an email Tuesday, adding that team chemistry “may suffer” if people don’t have access to each other’s +1’s. “I’ve pinned the San Antonio Spurs under my Sparks, and you should too as soon as you’ve set up your profiles. And, also, guys, please switch out your old Comcast and Earthlink email accounts for new GMail ones so we can communicate easier via Google Groups.” As of press time, no Spurs player has entered Duncan’s current Google+ Hangout.
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(http://eu.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-shot-2011-07-22-at-13.11.41.png)
Holla.
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So when does G+ become relevant? Would be a fun chart to look at.
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that's a disingenuous graph. nobody knew the value or appeal of social networking back when facebook/twitter started. i will be shocked if g+ doesn't plateau soon and quickly.
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that's a disingenuous graph. nobody knew the value or appeal of social networking back when facebook/twitter started. i will be shocked if g+ doesn't plateau soon and quickly.
I think you're forgetting how hot MySpace was for a while. In 2005 and 2006 it was basically on fire. Everyone knew what social networking was about when Facebook, and *especially* Twitter started gaining steam.
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Facebook took a long while to open the doors to everyone. Twitter was launched in July 2006. Most people had never heard of it until probably 2009 or so. I think I'm pretty obsessed with shit like this, and I didn't join Twitter until January 2008.
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I barely check my facebook, why the hell would I sign up for another social media pos.
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I'm on G+ but don't really use it. I use social networking to keep in touch with people who I no longer live nearby or who are busy. Every mass movement from one site to another, from LJ to Myspace to FB, has made me have to recollect a bunch of contacts to essentially do the same thing. I often lose contacts with each move. Social networking hasn't really lead me to meet new people. It's just been like people changing their phone numbers all at once and each time it happens, some people get lost.
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We're in semi-crunch, so I've only been using it to manage the hordes of people who have been adding me. It's actually made me a little resentful and twitchy.
/crotchetyoldman.gif
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having just watched the video on huddles has sold me even further in trying to convince my closest friends in using g+ but also to finally upgrade to a smart phone.
[youtube=560,345]iA22daAstNg[/youtube]
services :bow2
technology :piss2
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I guess you don't get to go for Greek on the West side!
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Bejeweled Blitz has single handedly validated Google+
392k come at me