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I got an invite on G+ this morning and logged in. Here are my thoughts... I found it had a very very prominent user interface of "who sees my data", and the 'c
by pnathan 15y ago
I got an invite on G+ this morning and logged in. Here are my thoughts...
I found it had a very very prominent user interface of "who sees my data", and the 'circles' interface is very - IMO - obvious.
This is very reassuring: Google's obviously not trying to go the sketchy route of "how much data can we send out to everyone unannounced", at least not at the start. I left Facebook for that reason, and don't plan to ever go back.
Although, I found it a little confusing about following. "I added so and so to my following... I hope they didn't get an invite!!!!" Because that would be awkward - I just want to see what some of the influential techies are doing and perhaps to talk with them, not to "be friends" ala the Facebook/Livejournal approach.
- jaysonelliot 15y agoThey'll see that you've placed them in a Circle, but it's no different than following them on Twitter. If someone is an influential techie on G+, they get lots of people following them, and they won't even take a moment to consider whether it's someone trying to be "friends." That's one of the fundamental differences with G+. It's not like FB, forcing you into an all-or-nothing approach to sharing.
- pnathan 15y agoThat's what I figured. It's like Dreamwidth in that respect; separating out "people who read you" from "people you read".
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