OT: Google+

pigpen81 · Post by **pigpen81** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:12 pm

Having stayed away from the Facebook phenomenon, I am eagerly anticipating Google+ as from the looks of it will allow me to create private groups.

Anyone here anticipating it?

Any opinions on it.

Anyone here already trying the beta and can send me an invite to it?

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:17 am

seems promising, would love an invite as well.

grtwhtsk · Post by **grtwhtsk** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:32 am

I'm interested as well.

Any chance we could get a DSP circle started in that, and then get the invites from there sent out? If so, could I please get an invite at stevebrown368@gmail.com ?

F308GTB · Post by **F308GTB** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:52 am

pigpen81 wrote:Having stayed away from the Facebook phenomenon, I am eagerly anticipating Google+ as from the looks of it will allow me to create private groups.

Do google and privacy go together? I expect any info in those "private" groups will be mined.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:19 am

F308GTB wrote:
pigpen81 wrote:Having stayed away from the Facebook phenomenon, I am eagerly anticipating Google+ as from the looks of it will allow me to create private groups.
Do google and privacy go together? I expect any info in those "private" groups will be mined.

LOL, somehow the two don't go together.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:48 am

I'm a Google devotee, but Google+ will need to be KILLER -- far superior to Facebook -- for me to migrate all of my social activity from Facebook. I'm so embedded into Facebook that a move is unlikely, and I'm not interested in spreading myself over yet another social network.

Famous last words, I know.

Murph · Post by **Murph** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:02 am

From what I can tell so far, there are definitely similarities with Facebook, whereas FB was a very different experience from MySpace.

Twitter, I kind of put in it's own category. It's different enough that it can exist along side of Facebook, IMHO.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:33 am

Murph wrote:Twitter, I kind of put in it's own category. It's different enough that it can exist along side of Facebook, IMHO.

Agreed.

Twitter is much less social for me than Facebook. It's much more of an information bazaar, as I follow a ton of people on Twitter who are not friends. Twitter is more of a very social, real-time RSS feed for me than a social network.

toonarmy · Post by **toonarmy** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:43 am

F308GTB wrote:
pigpen81 wrote:Having stayed away from the Facebook phenomenon, I am eagerly anticipating Google+ as from the looks of it will allow me to create private groups.
Do google and privacy go together? I expect any info in those "private" groups will be mined.

That's my main concern at this point. I like the features of G+ but if I decide to use it I will be very careful about what kind of information I put on it, just like I do with Facebook. It amazes me how much specific personal information some people put on Facebook. I wonder if Facebook will start introducing new features similar to those in G+?

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:29 pm

After spending some time with it today, this is going to be HUGE. If this takes off there will be no need for Twitter or Facebook because it would all be in one place. I love how much control you have over who can see what. I can't wait to see it blossom.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:18 pm

ScoopBrady wrote:After spending some time with it today, this is going to be HUGE. If this takes off there will be no need for Twitter or Facebook because it would all be in one place. I love how much control you have over who can see what. I can't wait to see it blossom.

Got any invites?

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:30 pm

I've been on it for a few weeks (my cuz works for google). It seems like an improvement over FB, but I can't help to think FB will simply rip off the advantages of google+. a couple of my friends are trying to use + to "start all over again". I def see the attractiveness of that, but I got fatigue over going to FB, twitter, and + to see what's up. At this point, I just forget to go there..

grtwhtsk · Post by **grtwhtsk** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:41 pm

dbdynsty25 wrote:
ScoopBrady wrote:After spending some time with it today, this is going to be HUGE. If this takes off there will be no need for Twitter or Facebook because it would all be in one place. I love how much control you have over who can see what. I can't wait to see it blossom.
Got any invites?

Ditto.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:46 pm

They turned off the invites. I had some to give and now they are gone.

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:19 am

Danimal wrote:They turned off the invites. I had some to give and now they are gone.

I got an invite from a friend yesterday and joined. I'm not sure how the invites work yet, but when I click on Circles there is a button that says "Find and invite (89)". I guess that means I have 89 invites??

If anyone wants to pm me their email I will try it.

Murph · Post by **Murph** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:41 am

Do you need to have Gmail or can it be any email addy?

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:54 am

Murph wrote:Do you need to have Gmail or can it be any email addy?

I'm not sure, but I think I can send an invite any email address, but you'll need to create a google profile to join Google+.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 10:53 am

Naples39 wrote:
Danimal wrote:They turned off the invites. I had some to give and now they are gone.
I got an invite from a friend yesterday and joined. I'm not sure how the invites work yet, but when I click on Circles there is a button that says "Find and invite (89)". I guess that means I have 89 invites??

If anyone wants to pm me their email I will try it.

The 89 just means that you have 89 contacts that it found for you to invite. I think somebody would have to be a contact already to invite them. I don't know if invites are open via that route or not but they definitely took away the invite button on the right side of the screen.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:10 am

What Scoop said. When invites are on their is a button on the right near the Google+ mobile button.

Badgun · Post by **Badgun** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:57 pm

I got an invite last night and it suggested db as a friend so i friended him into a "Digitalsportspage" circle. My profile says limited, does anyone know how to change it to public?

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:18 pm

I believe I was able to send out invites to Murph and TheTruth just now. I added them by email to my contacts, added them to a newly created DSP circle, and right after doing so an invite button appeared at the bottom of my screen. Hopefully it all works.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:28 pm

It's really easy to invite people.

Click on your circles at the top of the page so you get your list of circles at the bottom with all of your contacts you added above. Double Click on a particular person from your contacts and then it'll give you an "invite" list. Just add as many people as you want. Voila.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:29 pm

I think it is now open for anybody with a gmail account. No invite needed.

Murph · Post by **Murph** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:32 pm

Naples39 wrote:I believe I was able to send out invites to Murph and TheTruth just now. I added them by email to my contacts, added them to a newly created DSP circle, and right after doing so an invite button appeared at the bottom of my screen. Hopefully it all works.

Thanks, Naples. It worked. I'm now on Google+....all alone.

Looks weird to have nothing in the news stream, unlike my Facebook page.

Add me, DSPers. murphy1@hotmail.com

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:47 pm

I'm on. Love the circles... this is what my wife's been wanting all along. A way to keep 'em segregated.

Feel free to add me to your DSP circle: sethberkowitz@gmail.com

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