Google+

[SimpleS14]

http://plus.google.com/

Google's next project into social media looks very interesting. It's very much like Facebook, but with some nice additions and integration to gchat.

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It's currently invite only, but I wanted to know if anyone actually got a chance to try it out.

[Daniel.]

I'm extremely excited to send invites out to friends and family as soon as it launches publicly.

As of right now it's in a field trial and only available to a small number of external people.

I actually had a really great use case for Circles recently and wished that I could use my personal account. I went to Vegas and had a bunch of photos I only wanted to share with certain people. If I had the ability to create a circle and limit the privacy of that album, I would have been a happy camper.

I had to manually select all 20-30 people and give them access to the album though. Kind of a pain in the ass.

[SimpleS14]

Daniel - I know you can't comment too much on Google products, but is it safe to say that once this goes public, ads will be featured in similar fashion to how they are displayed in gmail?

[deolio]

my buddy's mom works for google and was telling me about it the other night. no more invites can be sent out though :(. i'll definitely join asap. google is taking over the world.

[Daniel.]

Daniel - I know you can't comment too much on Google products, but is it safe to say that once this goes public, ads will be featured in similar fashion to how they are displayed in gmail?

True I can't speak too much about the product, but I actually don't know the answer to your question.

My personal opinion is that Google's revenues are mostly derived from ads so it wouldn't make much business sense NOT to sell ads, especially with the ability to tailor them even more specifically to users with all of this new info from their social graph.

[NOLA350Z]

Damn this looks interesting and easier to use. Anyone have an idea of when this will go public?

[Robb]

Actually there's a trick to invites... if you "Share" something to someone via email, it will have a link to "Try Google+".

[SochBAT]

I want. [email protected] if anyone has any spare invites.

ATM, I still think the testing capacity is capped, so even invites aren't getting in.

[SimpleS14]

Yea I heard invites have been shut down.

I just hope Google doesn't keep the user base limited for an extend period of time. People might lose interest or the buzz might fizzle (think Google Wave).

[sw20>>s14]

cant believe my sister in law hasnt invited me yet! :rant2:

[Daniel.]

Aside from getting invites, what are everyone's initial thoughts on the product itself?

[HyperTek]

anyone peep those google chrome notbooks? i know they are suppose to be working on their own OS

[Daniel.]

anyone peep those google chrome notbooks? i know they are suppose to be working on their own OS

What does chrome OS have anything to do with Google+?

[SochBAT]

@Daniel - I like the current direction Google is heading in. They've spread themselves into some interesting integration. I've been really liking the +1 integration they're doing. As for Google+, its tough to say, because for me, I haven't been able to use it. I do like the idea of micromanaging friends/"friends" on social sites though. It allows me to be a dick, while not fully publicly stating that I dislike the person.

[oramos23]

I got offered an invite but is this shit really worth it?

[deolio]

I got offered an invite but is this shit really worth it?

no. give it to me.

[pignose4life]

i actually have 150 invites to this thing let me know if you need one, or just pm me your email.

[deolio]

awesome! pm sent.

[SochBAT]

same! GIMME GIMMIE!

[Blurryeyes]

PM sent, I´m all giggly now

[Daniel.]

How the hell do you have 150 invites? And how are you able to bypass the lockout?

[pignose4life]

im at work right now so I can't send them yet I'll get to it when I'm out...
but I was sent an invite when they capped the limits, the next day I kept refreshing the page and randomly it let me sign up. more then likely you'll get the invite but you'll have to wait till they re open the sign ups.

[Daniel.]

Yeah. You're right. Even if you send them out, they won't work.

[pignose4life]

im pretty sure all invites sent, let me know if you received something!

[Edgar]

I really want to use this jam, says its on hold right now :(

[deolio]

im pretty sure all invites sent, let me know if you received something!

i didn't get anything

[SochBAT]

^^ I'm with stupid.

[simmode1]

Hey, I want in too... Can I get an invite?

[Forte EXE]

Can i get an Invite? =]

It looks like its going to be great. I remember when Gmail first came out and it still invite only. it was great.

[SimpleS14]

I got nothing too :/


Daniel - I know this is way off topic, but how the heck can I remove music from Google Music without closing my beta trial?

[Daniel.]

I got nothing too :/


Daniel - I know this is way off topic, but how the heck can I remove music from Google Music without closing my beta trial?

I have no clue. I just started using Music Beta last week. Will mess around with it and get back to you.

[SimpleS14]

w00t! Finally got in! Now I just need some friends lol

I have no clue. I just started using Music Beta last week. Will mess around with it and get back to you.

Cool cool. There are some albums I didn't want uploaded, but it would have been a PITA to link various individual album folders.

[Blurryeyes]

Thanks for the invite Paul, I just got it, who wants to be friends and get cuddly? manueldelreal

[SochBAT]

Anyone have spare invites? I want to be cool too!

[Blurryeyes]

send your email by pm and I can share something with you

[Edgar]

If you can invite me, could any of you dudes PM me please.

[ILoveMyRHS13]

If you can invite me, could any of you dudes PM me please.
It's closed right now, even if you have an invitation.

[deolio]

It's closed right now, even if you have an invitation.

there's just a wait list thing. i tried to join last night and it wouldn't let me, but this morning it let me sign in.

thanks paul!

[SochBAT]

Awesome!!!

[1sik240sx]

Whenever it's back up I would appreciate an invite as well. Thanks in advance!

- Kyle

[jesse_s13]

Im on the waitlist...

[pignose4life]

glad to see mostly everyone got in, if i missed your invite just pm your email again and ill shoot you the invite.

[SimpleS14]

How do you even send out an invite?

I tried to added people to my circle and message them, but no luck :/

[Daniel.]

Once you add someone to your circle, there's a green button that appears on the left side of the bottom bar. Click that to invite.

[jesse_s13]

glad to see mostly everyone got in, if i missed your invite just pm your email again and ill shoot you the invite.

pmed:bite:

[Daniel.]

Hey Google+ folks!

As I bet you've noticed, we are facing pretty incredible demand for Google+ invites.

As Engineering Director of Google+, I wanted to take a moment to explain why we're growing the system slowly. First, we want to make sure our infrastructure scales so the service remains fast and reliable. Second, we want to ensure that bugs are fixed while there are still a relatively few people in the field trial.

Things are going well with the systems right now so we feel comfortable enough to open up invites for a brief period. Our goal is to double the user base in the field trial. (Sorry, we're not giving details about how many folks are in the field trial yet).

So, in a few minutes, we'll open up invites again.

We continue to throttle invites, so please don't mass invite folks as it won't work. If you invite a handful of your most important friends and family you're much more likely to get these folks into our system.

Thanks again for providing so much wonderful feedback!

David is the lead engineer. I'm resharing this from Google+.
Be careful with your invites now folks.

[Gnnr]

Daniel,

Since your up on this stuff I have a few questions. I don't do social networking outside of posting on forums (if that even counts) but I would be impressed to see the downfall of FB. From the outside looking in it seems that the biggest turnoff of FB is that you can not remain completely anonymous (using a s/n for instance amongst other things) and that when you delete your account it doesn't get truly deleted.

Will Google be addressing these things in Google+ or has something been done already to address that?

[Daniel.]

Daniel,

Since your up on this stuff I have a few questions. I don't do social networking outside of posting on forums (if that even counts) but I would be impressed to see the downfall of FB. From the outside looking in it seems that the biggest turnoff of FB is that you can not remain completely anonymous (using a s/n for instance amongst other things) and that when you delete your account it doesn't get truly deleted.

Will Google be addressing these things in Google+ or has something been done already to address that?

I don't know for certain. And I'm sure if I did know the answer, I probably wouldn't be able to comment.

My own personal opinion regarding online identity is that there should be roughly three levels. If Google can do this, and figure out to manage privacy correctly then G+ will be successful.

Complete Anonymity
This is useful when searching, or participating in online activities where remaining anonymous is preferred. Imagine participating in sensitive discussions regarding your legal matters, sexual orientation, or medical condition.

Pseudo Identity
This is akin to who we are on zilvia.net, xbox live, online gaming in general, etc.
Everyone has a handle or username.

Real ID
This is useful for government sites, some forms of social networking, or anything else requiring the use your real identity.

[HyperTek]

a friend sent me an invite and Im in.. nothing to do yet since I dont have any friends on there.. I sent out some invites but my friends said they never got the emails yet, so maybe they closed it already.. Really nothing to do yet til it gets populated.

[Quail]

Daniel, do you know to what extent social metrics from Google+ will be used in G's SERP algorithm, and how that compares to FB and Twitter's influence? (I know you probably have to be very vague here!!)

[Daniel.]

Daniel, do you know to what extent social metrics from Google+ will be used in G's SERP algorithm, and how that compares to FB and Twitter's influence? (I know you probably have to be very vague here!!)

Nope, sorry. I don't know.

Ok guys. Just want to clarify a few things.

Yes, I work for Google. Yes I work in business ops. No I don't know everything about Google, or about all of Google's products.

I'm mostly familiar with Android and other mobile products. You're welcome to ask me whatever you want, but please be aware that in most cases I won't be able to comment on much, nor does my opinion necessarily reflect the views of Google.

Carry on.

[ABACABB]

I got a invite now how do i change it from spanish to english?

edit nvm figured it out.

[Purestock240]

[email protected]

^remove the money sign

can I get an invite please?

[SochBAT]

a friend sent me an invite and Im in.. nothing to do yet since I dont have any friends on there.. I sent out some invites but my friends said they never got the emails yet, so maybe they closed it already.. Really nothing to do yet til it gets populated.

HyperVTack, add me on G+. We can start a Zilvia CircleJerk. Post nothing but fine ass +18 NSFW women. Good idea? GREAT idea.

[revcyanide]

is anyone can shoot an email to [email protected] i would GREATLY apprreciate it!!!

[Freddy]

wowowo im in for the invites pm me please?

[w0nderbr3ad]

Anyone need more invites? lmk

[Daniel.]

invites are locked down again.

[briansideways]

this is looking really awesome. buttt i cant see it taking out facebook. what do you guys think?

[ILoveMyRHS13]

I guess I don't have enough friends on it so I really can't do much, haha.

[Freddy]

invites are locked down again.
ahhhh dammit was looking forward to getting one

[w0nderbr3ad]

I have a couple of friends using it. Its going to take a few days for me to get familiar with everything.

[Dirty Habit]

Invites back up. Hit me up if you need one.

[driftn_silvia]

just joined google+...seems pretty easy to use.

[w0nderbr3ad]

http://www.marketingprofessor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/google+slaps-facebook.gif

[Teddy]

Im in, thanks Paul!!

[Freddy]

finally got an invite, now time to figure his thing out.

[Gizmo_S13]

I need a invite!

[sw20>>s14]

finally got one from my sis in law...about damn time...love the UI so far...

[!Zar!]

GoogleMEH

So far I've used it for about 10 minutes total.

Twice as much time as I had given google wave / google buzz.

[Daniel.]

The real question is whether or not a meaningful amount of your friends are using it right now too. If not, then it's worthless.

[!Zar!]

People have too much invested in facebook right now; amount of friends, pictures, current applications/phones.

That's the biggest issue.

[Daniel.]

Indeed, I completely agree.

Remember what they said about MySpace 5 years ago though?

[ILoveMyRHS13]

Honestly, I'm confused with all the terms. I don't know the difference between circles, sparks, or streams. I guess I'll get used to them... If I continue to use it.

[!Zar!]

People that have swayed away from facebook have either gone the tumblr or twitter route.

I mean all this social stuff is getting out of hand. I mean how many ways to I have to tell someone when/where I am taking a shit?

[SK91]

idk what a spark is, but i really like the UI so far

and the circles feature, even though i only 2 friends :(

Google's just gonna have to advertise it a little and all will be good

[Daniel.]

People that have swayed away from facebook have either gone the tumblr or twitter route.

I mean all this social stuff is getting out of hand. I mean how many ways to I have to tell someone when/where I am taking a shit?

That's the beauty, you have options.

Only the most popular will be relevant in the long run though.

If a tree falls in the woods.....etc

If you take a shit, post about it on Friendster, will anyone notice/care?

[amdnivram]

can i get a invite my email is amdnivram @live.com

[lg54]

can i get an invite, my email is [email protected]

remove $

thanks

[Garber]

invite me [email protected]

remove $

[Silverbullet]

my friend invited me to google+ last night but I'm confused on how the whole circle thing works.

It automatically suggested ppl to me which i've added to circles, but are they aware ive "Requested to be friends"? It also recommended ppl that dont even have an @google (@yahoo.com, @hotmail.com, @randomazz$hit.com). I've added non-google friends to my circles but what do they see on their end?

[SimpleS14]

my friend invited me to google+ last night but I'm confused on how the whole circle thing works.

It automatically suggested ppl to me which i've added to circles, but are they aware ive "Requested to be friends"? It also recommended ppl that dont even have an @google (@yahoo.com, @hotmail.com, @randomazz$hit.com). I've added non-google friends to my circles but what do they see on their end?

Your profile pic is :down: lol

[Silverbullet]

hahahaha. Thats just the pic I have up on my gmail account. At the time, my only 3 g-mail friends were female.

[Freddy]

are the invites on lock down right now?

[SimpleS14]

are the invites on lock down right now?

Yes, for now.

[Freddy]

well so much for inviting people, well if people want to and me it Frederick Fanfan.

[Wongger]

Can anyone invite me? Ill love you forever, no homo.

wonggerr at gmail.com

Yes there are two "r's":)

[w0nderbr3ad]

Invites are back up. I sent them to those who posted recently.

[lg54]

Hey thanks a bunch! really appreciate the invite! thanks!!!

[SimpleS14]

I have no clue. I just started using Music Beta last week. Will mess around with it and get back to you.

I just figured it out.

When I navigate to artist and select a particular artist, there's a triangle at the corner of the album that gives me the option to delete the album.

[Freddy]

you can get facebook feeds on your google + stream

Get Google+Facebook (http://crossrider.com/install/519-google-facebook)

[Gizmo_S13]

I'm in! Thanks a lot SimpleS14

If anyone wants to add me feel free to do so.

My name is Luis Sanders

Email is [email protected]

[marcencar]

can i pls get an invite? [email protected]

[!Zar!]

you can get facebook feeds on your google + stream

Get Google+Facebook (http://crossrider.com/install/519-google-facebook)

So I use G+ so that I can connect to facebook...

On that note, ‎95% of my Google+ followers are going into the same circle because it is WAY too tedious to keep making different circles and all that bullshit.

[SochBAT]

So I use G+ so that I can connect to facebook...

On that note, ‎95% of my Google+ followers are going into the same circle because it is WAY too tedious to keep making different circles and all that bullshit.

I somewhat agree. There are really only a handful of friends I actually keep up with, the rest are just social pleasantries. Honestly, I could give two shits what they really think and I'm sure its reciprocal.

Family, Worth, Lackluster, Waste <-- My circles.

[s14owner95]

anyone care to send me the invite? [email protected] (i'm a sucker for new tech shit)

[wh0aitznic0]

Who do I go to to get an invite? :)

[email protected]

[ILoveMyRHS13]

Who do I go to to get an invite? :)

[email protected]
Sent you an invite, homie. :drama:

[S14kouki_10]

someone invite me

[tootall4la]

Been waiting for an Invite from google...But so far nothing
Can any Fellow Zilvian would be kind enough to invite me???
My email is [email protected] ...
Would be Gladly appreciated :)

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[c.boots]

yo can i get an invite too?:wavey:

[email protected]

[sinji]

someone care to send me an invite: [email protected]
thanks

[wh0aitznic0]

Thanks for the invite doug! Now what am I supposed to do here?

[ILoveMyRHS13]

Thanks for the invite doug! Now what am I supposed to do here?
I have no clue. :wan:

[tootall4la]

Thanks for the invite George

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[SimpleS14]

Sent out invites, however I prefer you PM me if you want an invite. Just in case they lock invites down, I can keep better track once they open up again.

Thanks for the invite George

Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk

No problem Mark!

[c.boots]

thanks for the invite george!:wavey:
your going in the zilvians circle.

[jesse_s13]

Still waiting on a invite =(

[email protected]

[SimpleS14]

Still waiting on a invite =(

[email protected]


I think you need a gmail account. I tired to invite someone with a yahoo account and it didn't work. :/

[godrifttoday]

can anyone add me??? [email protected]?

[Tom25666]

screw this, myspace fo evah! :)

[jesse_s13]

I think you need a gmail account. I tired to invite someone with a yahoo account and it didn't work. :/

just made one haha

[email protected]

^ only thing i can think of haha:D

Edit: Im in

[simmode1]

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