Google+

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Anyone else in? What do you think?

So far I'm pretty impressed. It's similar to Google, but the circles thing could really give FB a run for its money. Especially if Google doesn't go overboard with adds or allow hijacking apps or sneakily institute underhanded policies without first notifying users. No matter what, it HAS to be more stable than FB. Already I've not found it to be unstable.

[ultraviolet]

None of the invitations I've been sent work. This makes me sad. :(

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A couple of my friends couldn't get their invites to work, either...no clue why. Other people were able to register without invites. I suspect Google will be rolling out more invites every few days, as they work out kinks.

[Jiten]

Hi, newbie to the forums here. I'm still waiting for my Google+ invite but I'm eager to give it a try. As for making invite registrations work, I've heard some people say that they were able to get their invites to work after a few tries at trying to register.

BTW, in case anyone has a private Google profile, Google will be doing away with private profiles by the end of this month (July). All Google profiles will now be public, which means the account holder's full name and gender at a minimum will be publicly available. I guess this is preparation for opening up Google+ to everyone.

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Hi, newbie to the forums here. I'm still waiting for my Google+ invite but I'm eager to give it a try. As for making invite registrations work, I've heard some people say that they were able to get their invites to work after a few tries at trying to register.

Apparently some folks were able to get in sort of through the back door, too. I saw a couple of people say that if they tagged friends' e-mails in a stream post (like a FB wall post) that those people were able to get in.

I hope they open it to more invites soon. With only 13 friends on it's pretty boring.

[sandra]

I'm not surprised that Google is wanting to get in on the social media action. I got in when someone shared a comment with me. At the bottom there was a place to click to "learn more about Google+" and I was in.

[Catrin]

It looks interesting, and I like the circles idea...

[ultraviolet]

It looks like they've opened registration again. They've apparently only been leaving it open for a couple of hours at a time over the past few days, then shutting it back down.

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It looks like they've opened registration again. They've apparently only been leaving it open for a couple of hours at a time over the past few days, then shutting it back down.

I saw it for about 30 minutes and only about half the people I've been inviting are able to get in. Man, it's like a game!

[VeganBikeChick]

I got an invite but am clueless on how to use it. I much prefer FB, because it's what I'm used to.

[Dr.Doo]

Got my invite today. Still working out how it works.

[Orange utopia]

It looks interesting, so far I only have one friend though :D

[Biciclista]

I was so excited. my son who is not on facebook invited me to google +
then he sent me an email saying "I know you and my wife would like this so i've invited you but then i deleted my own account"
wah.

[limewave]

I got an invite from a friend and have an account! I added Zoomy, but she doesn't have power right now so I don't know if she knows I added her to my community yet :)

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I got an invite from a friend and have an account! I added Zoomy, but she doesn't have power right now so I don't know if she knows I added her to my community yet :)

I have a couple of new adds, but not sure how to reciprocate from my phone.

[bluebug32]

I got the invite and registered, but I don't really get it yet. Can anyone explain?

[Geonz]

I have an alpha-geek friend who sent me an invite a month ago ... but I didn't get to it right away and when I clicked I got a generic come back later message.

Last weekend the floodgates opened -- other people had gotten in, so I tried again and got in. Now even I can send invites.
Basically it's competing with Facebook. It gives me more control over who sees what... and there isn't the crappy clutter.
The "how to do circles" had "cycling geeks" as an example of the woman's circles... so I figure one of twho things happened: Enough people in Google's powerful mine-eery-word-you-type data stashes said "Bicycle" for it to be considered a cool hip thing to use as an example... or... they're already catering things to individuals and they know *I* am into cycling. I want a non-biker-babe to let me know...

[Owlie]

My sister sent me an invite. I'm liking it thus far--it seems cleaner and a little more user-friendly than Facebook.

[emily_in_nc]

I hadn't heard anything about it til this last week; then again, I've been out of the country for two weeks. I did read a brief article that said the members (so far) are overwhelmingly male (while FB is about 50/50 male/female) and has a high % of techie types.

I'm passing for now. Heck, I just signed up for FB this spring. I can't handle yet another new social media thing to keep up with.

[deeaimond]

i'm on google+ but the problem is, I have no friends there... so its kinda hard to see how well its working. I'm also not so keen on just adding everyone, coz then it'll be just like facebook. hmm...

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i'm on google+ but the problem is, I have no friends there... so its kinda hard to see how well its working. I'm also not so keen on just adding everyone, coz then it'll be just like facebook. hmm...

I'm being a bit more selective with Google+...but also making good use of the circles. I like being able to finely target posts to a specific group. For instance, I can set up a circle just for family members when we want to plan something.

I'd be happy to add anyone from TE. :)

[Irulan]

I'm in, my son gave me an invite, but no one else I know is in.

And don't think that Google won't find it's own way to use our information for something.

[ultraviolet]

And don't think that Google won't find it's own way to use our information for something.

Of course. As a general rule of thumb: When a service is free, you're the product.

[chincitop]

I like it so far, though a lot of my friends haven't converted yet, so I don't have a lot of friends on it yet, so I usually just pop in and see what's up and then leave, but yeah, it's definitely more stable, and I like the way it handles a lot better

[jacobadam]

The google+ wont popular than Facebook.

[jacobadam]

Now days google+ getting more social exposure, but i am confident it wont popular than Facebook. You know in this world almost all countries peoples has using Facebook for social networking.......>!!

[Catrin]

I'm being a bit more selective with Google+...but also making good use of the circles. I like being able to finely target posts to a specific group. For instance, I can set up a circle just for family members when we want to plan something.

I'd be happy to add anyone from TE. :)

I would love to get in to check it out but can't....even had an invitation but still can't seem to hit it at the right time.

[Irulan]

I have some invites if anyone wants one. (PM me your email)

Oh, and feel free to use the invite without being my "Friend" or whatever it's called in google+

[Nick]

I have some invites if anyone wants one. (PM me your email)

Oh, and feel free to use the invite without being my "Friend" or whatever it's called in google+

Same here, I have lots of invites left.

[Owlie]

I'd be happy to add anyone from TE. :)

yay!

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yay!

PM me your e-mail and I'll get you set up! :D

[sadieme]

I'm working on getting Google plus figured out. So far I like it.... If anyone wants to add me or wants an invite, my name there is Sierra Sadie.