Google+

[zack54attack]

Anybody on the Beta right now? It's the new thing in social media, and I must say.... Google+ > Facebook.

 

[Rush]

How so?

 

[Popinski Soda]

How so?

Yes, do tell...


J

 

[zack54attack]

Looks better, smoother...easier to use. I like putting my friends in groups, and being able to share stuff with certain people in just 1-click.

Also, it syncs everything to and from your phone.

I just got an invite, so I'm new to it, but so far it's pretty impressive.

 

[zack54attack]

It's easy to filter your messages to your "Circles"...

 

[zack54attack]

You also can like anything on the internet pretty much. It shows a box with a +1 under the google search you've done...

 

[Scoot26]

I have the beta...its a huge sausage fest so far (atleast within my circles)...can't put it on my phone yet as they have not released the iPhone app (android only..makes sense I guess).

 

[Crystallas]

I already get enough spam from google on email accts that I have never given out before. I have a fake g+ acct, but I wasn't impressed. I really don't trust google, and I hope someone with a decentralized social network can come out and destroy everyone soon

 

[zack54attack]

I already get enough spam from google on email accts that I have never given out before. I have a fake g+ acct, but I wasn't impressed. I really don't trust google, and I hope someone with a decentralized social network can come out and destroy everyone soon

I think this has potential to overtake FB and Twitter. It does everything they both do, but simpler.

 

[Rush]

Can you easily spam Chicago sports fans in 1 huge circle?

 

[Crystallas]

You don't care about your privacy. I do, that's the difference. LOL

 

[thedude33]

I'm on it. I like some of the new features. I'm tired of Facebook but I'll have to wait and see whether + is a proper replacement.

 

[zack54attack]

Can you easily spam Chicago sports fans in 1 huge circle?

Yes. You make a "post" and click that circle you want to share with...and it shares it with everyone in that circle

 

[zack54attack]

7 Google+ essentials

7 Google+ essentials | How To - CNET

Adopting a new social network like Google+ is taxing enough--re-adding friends, creating "Circles", adjusting privacy settings, etc.--so learning to navigate can be a bit overwhelming.

Luckily, we did the heavy lifting for you. Here are seven Google+ basics you should learn:

1. Bold, italics, and strikethough. Do you miss the funky fonts and formatting you had in MySpace? Neither do we. Google+, however, gifts you with three simple formatting tricks: *bold*, _italics_, and -strikethough-.

2. Tag friends in posts. Get a friend's attention in a post by tagging them. Type "+" or "@" followed by their name. You'll see an autocomplete drop-down menu show up as you type their name, which presumably includes people in your circles and extended circles.

Your friend will be notified they've been tagged in a post, and post visibility will automatically be set to just that person. Don't forget to add more circles and friends (if you want to) before sharing.

3. Use permalinks. Permalinks come in handy for sharing and cleaner viewing of single posts. Just click the timestamp of any post and you'll be taken to a new page displaying just that post.

4. Quickly share post on Twitter and Facebook. Oh, the irony. To share a post with your Twitter or Facebook network, use the Extended Share for Google Plus Chrome extension. Upon installation, you'll see a new option ("Send to...") below each post in your stream.

5. Edit photos. Here's a nice feature for any on-the-fly photo editing. Go to your photos (accessible via your profile), select a photo. Click "Actions" > Edit photo, and you'll be presented with several photo filters. Scroll through other photos in the album for consecutive editing.

6. Send a "direct message". To send a message to just one friend, tag them in the beginning of a post and let them know it's a private message. Then, comment on the post to establish your own, private thread.

7. Let friends e-mail you from your profile. With this setting, you can let people e-mail you directly from your profile. Head to your profile, then select "Edit profile".

Below your profile photo, you'll see a grayed out "Send an email". Click it, and check "Allow people to email me from a link on my profile". Then adjust the privacy settings below.

 

[Popinski Soda]

Does it have a 'Quote' feature like forums do? That's the one thing I wish facebook would adopt. It'd make keeping track of conversations within a post that has several replies from multiple people much easier.


J

 

[Chicagolove]

It's wack as hell.

 

[TopekaRoy]

I can't even try it out now.

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I haven't even started using twitter, yet and I'm happy with what Facebook allows me to do, although the formatting for posts is weak, (Too much like a chat app.)

 

[nwfisch]

Don't want google to take over the world. Not joining.

 

[Uman85]

Circles? Sounds too much like cliques in high school to me. **** that.

 

[zack54attack]

I can't even try it out now.



I haven't even started using twitter, yet and I'm happy with what Facebook allows me to do, although the formatting for posts is weak, (Too much like a chat app.)

Whats ur email.. I got invites