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Quiltface

Active Member
yeah i use picasa i like it... google owns that and it is automatically tied into G+ so that is cool. What i liked about it was I can share it with anyone, as opposed with facebook they had to be a member. I put pictures of my kid on there and it's nice to be able to just say go here and take a look instead of them having to join my social network.

if a social network has come down to keeping up to the minute tabs on your friends lives then yes i dont want one... i just dont see why anyone would want to know these things and why anyone would want people to know these things about themself... tell me when you have done something cool... got a promotion...got a new car or house.... got engaged etc... something worth sharing don't pollute my newsfeed or whatever its called with crap...

edit: oh and about your circle question, if I'm not mistaken, anyone with a g-mail technically has a g+, so you can add anyone with a gmail, the people just need to activate their g+ to use it....just a theory though

i have a gmail account and i needed to be invited... i think when i went to add people to my circle it gave me all the people that were in my address book...
 
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Tayl

VIP Member
Are people still able to put out invites for this? I tried joining via plus.google.com but I get a message saying they've exceeded capacity.
 

mihir

VIP Member
Are people still able to put out invites for this? I tried joining via plus.google.com but I get a message saying they've exceeded capacity.

Yes Invites can be still given, but there is no confirmation that you will be able to join it immediately,but you may be able to join it in 1 or 2 days after you have received the invite.
IF you want an Invite PM me your mail id and I will send you one. :D
 

Tayl

VIP Member
Yes Invites can be still given, but there is no confirmation that you will be able to join it immediately,but you may be able to join it in 1 or 2 days after you have received the invite.
IF you want an Invite PM me your mail id and I will send you one. :D

That would be brilliant. Does the email address you send the invite to have to be the one you sign up with?
 

Tayl

VIP Member
Thanks a lot for that pal. I think I'm slowly managing to learn to navigate around it. Although it doesn't seem amazingly iPad friendly unfortunately.

:: Edit ::

From what I can see it actually looks really tidy, neat and impressive. I love how Google are managing to intertwine everything within your Google/E-Mail account with them.

Seems the only work around for the iPad and other tablets at the moment is to view everything in mobile view and not desktop. Unfortunately there are a lot of features missing from the mobile view.
 
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Kesava

Active Member
I have to say, I love Circles. The thing I hate most about Facebook is that I don't like having any family members or anyone like that on there because then I have to be mindful about what I post.

With Circles, I can have everyone on there and yet only share certain things with exactly who I'd like to share them with.

Another great feature is that you can reply to comments and so on straight from the notification area.

Some of the other features such as Hangouts are great too. I also love the fact that it is integrated with Gmail so whenever I check my mail, I can see the notifications and am logged in, it's not a separate thing like Facebook.

add me: http://gplus.to/kesava :)
 

Tayl

VIP Member
Added you pal. Don't suppose anyone knows why I can't seem to see anyone on my chat/messenger list? Ive tried adding people to it but again I seem to be overlooking the option to do so.

Can anyone else see their contacts on their chat list in the bottom left?

:: Edit ::

I think I've sussed it.

:: 2nd Edit ::

Not sure how to find the small profile link so heres me: https://plus.google.com/116680005135792677234
Feel free to add me.
 
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Kesava

Active Member
They haven't got their act together regarding chat yet. Originally you could click on the little arrow next to chat and add your Circles to it. However they recently removed that feature and said that you'll have to add contacts by email address while they improve it so that your email address isn't shown through chat, you'll be able to add Circles again which will make it really simple.

So it's only a matter of time until chat is working properly.
 

Kesava

Active Member
I have managed to get a few of my Facebook friends to sign up, however since the majority of people are still on Facebook, it doesn't get much use. My main selling point is that chat has built in Audio and Video chat, which is so useful.

Hopefully everyone will eventually start using it.
 

mihir

VIP Member
The best part is you can keep your website in the description on Google +.
And whenever any one searches for your name on google which makes your google plus profile pop up on the top of the search and your website gets a nice SEO.
 

johnb35

Administrator
Staff member
Google plus

Anyone willing to share their account names so I can add them? Or so others can add them. I'm wanting to try it out but have nobody added yet.

I believe my account name is johnbr40
 
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