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Those are nice numbers, but how is engagement? I only visit Google+ because my admin didn't bother to block it, but nobody in my social circle uses it, so I on

Those are nice numbers, but how is engagement? I only visit Google+ because my admin didn't bother to block it, but nobody in my social circle uses it, so I only have it to follow some funny pictures, lifehacker and stuff (kind of a RSS feed). Reminds me of Hotmail, which I check once a month or so, much like many people I know which still has an account, but I'm sure Microsoft counts me as "active", compared to Gmail which I check a zillion times a day.

OriginalSyn 14y ago
The way to properly use G+ is as a hybrid of Twitter and Facebook. I have few of my RL social circle (though it's growing) but I have tonnes of people I used to follow on twitter on there and found more through circle sharing. I have them categorized and throttled appropriately and I'm never lacking new things to read, watch or discuss on G+. The new killer feature for me is the events. This weekend it was my friend's wedding and I made an event and invited my friends that were on G+, during the event your phone can optionally go into "party mode" which shares photos and video taken to the event page when the event ends your phone automatically stops sharing. Between the 8 or so that "attended" the event we gathered over 200 photos and a few videos, it was great. Showing people that feature convinced a few more to give G+ another, or first, shot.