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He is right, in that circles do take a little more thought... probably a little more than social network users are used too. There's a little bit of strategy i
by drjones78 15y ago
He is right, in that circles do take a little more thought... probably a little more than social network users are used too. There's a little bit of strategy involved in arranging circles usefully.
I'm not quite so sure that people realize circles are mostly a tool for sorting people (and not content) and controlling your broadcasts out, and less for sorting incoming broadcasts by topic. Seems like a lot of people just have awry expectations with the concept of circles.
Most people will probably have a few redo's on their circle arrangements in their future, as they start to grasp how they actually function. Some people might get frustrated and even quit.
Definitely not tired of it though... though I do wonder what its like for a famous person who gets thousands of followers - that might get a little old.
- dfxm12 15y agoI agree it's cute when you first crack this open to think that you have to have a 1:1 mapping between your circles on G+ and what you considers your "real life" circles to be, however this isn't the case. You just need to break down your circles to be based on the audience for what you share, sometimes this is as easy as "social" and "professional". Everyone lives their lives differently though. "circles are ... less for sorting incoming broadcasts by topic" I disagree with this because streams are linked to circles, so you can easily create a circle for people you follow (like Twitter). You may not want to add these people to your "broadcast" circles. p.s.: You aren't obligated to put people who follow you into a circle. Famous people probably ignore these requests (again, like Twitter).