Google+

[Stupot]

Anyone on it yet?
What do you think?

I'm liking it at the moment.  It's a nice toy for sure and its certainly a lot less nosey than Facebook, although it's difficult to decide if it is really going to compete.  I prefer it as a tool, but then I've always had a bit of a grudge against FB. FB was good at allowing me to get in touch with old school friends, but now I've been in touch with them and have no reason to talk to them again.

I feel there is a lot more that can be done with G+, but I guess that's what these early stages are for.  I've had to unfollow some people that I had been following because they post too much and clog up my stream, but some clever things can be done with the circles to avoid such problems, it's just a case of fiddling around.

If anyone wants a look, PM me your gmail address and I should be able to send you an invite. :-)

[tzachs]

Wait, are you Stuart Forbes??  :o
Oh man, when I first saw your picture, I was absolutely sure that you're an old friend of mine, you look exactly like him!!

Back on topic, I have Google+, but I haven't given it a proper inspection yet, I haven't even seen the movies yet...
On the surface, I was way more impressed with Google Wave, and after seeing what happened with that (and with Buzz as well), I'm a lot more cautious and I won't delve too deep into the Google+ world until I see that it really catches up.
I feel that the whole circles thing, is not as intuitive as Facebook and the likes, and the benefit of the circles is not so big as to sweep the world with its coolness.

But then again, I really didn't see the benefits of the tablets at first, and now I'm the proud owner of two...

[Stupot]

Haha, I guess I just have one of those faces 

I agree it doesn't really seem to be doing anything that you can't paricularly already do with other tools, but it seems to be doing a good job of bringing these things together and not making a total dogs dinner of it.  Another thing G+ seems to be aiming to do is to make its other products more accessible using G+ as a kind of hub.  Google Wave tried this (and did a good job, I thought) but it was missing the Facebook-esque social element.

I still think it will take something shy of a miracle to convert the masses away from Facebook, but if they manage to convert enough cool people to keep it going and keep the chavs festering on Facebook, then I won't mind.

[Radiant]

[monkey0506]

I think that xkcd strip sums it up pretty nicely.

Secret Fawful invited me, and gets rather mushy inside if anyone says anything bad against the "Googsplus", but I still feel that it's too early on to make a real judgement. I like certain aspects and ideas (like the Circles which allows me to check in on certain select groups without having to as heavily adjust my stream updates). However, there's not a lot of people actually on it yet, so it's left feeling rather empty.

Provided that people actually start signing up for it, it could become a competitor for Facebook over time, but for now it's just another place to post the exact same updates and let your friends see them all over again.

P.S. I have invites. Do want? PM for details.

[Anian]

This might be a silly question, but just go with it, how does a Google+ invite look like and how much invites do you get and who gets them? I mean, I got a mail from a contact with a youtube video in it, on my gmail account and it said:

Project + Google users currently smooths out minor problems with a small group of examiners. If you can not access the Google Project +, please try again later.

And there's a button for "Know more about Google+".

There you have received the message because it is user TB shared with the user myname@gmail.com. Cancel your subscription to these emails.

So I assumed it was just some post or something that friend made and that some sort of message service was turned on (like the Buzz feed thingy) or something. Was that an invite to G+?

[Babar]

It's a post that your friend added you to, and through it you can be invited to Google+. It means exactly what it said, you should try clicking the link in your email later, and then perhaps you will be added to Google+.

[Wonkyth]

Dammit! >.<
When I was updating my profile, it was too early in the afternoon for me.
I forgot to increase my age by the required year, and so will now have to wait a whole month!

[Phemar]

If anyone has an invite they'd like to share, I'd be more than willing to receive it!

phemar AT gmail DOT com

[monkey0506]

I STAKE A CLAIM TO SENDING THAT INVITE ZOR!

done@invite.plus.google.com.

[monkey0506]

Wait, are you Stuart Forbes??  :o
Oh man, when I first saw your picture, I was absolutely sure that you're an old friend of mine, you look exactly like him!!

Haha, I guess I just have one of those faces 

So, wait, I'm confused? Are you not this Stuart Forbes? Coz that Stuart Forbes added me, and if that's not somebody around here then I have no idea who he is. But he does have Vince in his circles just like I do coz having Vince in your circles is the cool thing to do.

[Stupot]

Haha, yes thats me
Theres a few AGSers in my circles if you have a snoop.
Trouble is not knowing everyone's faces or real names.  G+ should have a way to label friends with a nickname, especially if you only know them by their internet handle (do we still call it a 'handle' these days?)

[Eggie]

Aw man, I want to be involved in this magical AGS pixie circle.

And...and.. Google had webcammy type talking technology built into gmail and that other thing they did that I can't remember the name of so maybe this could one day replicate the magic that used to happen on the AGS Stickam rooms.
I got powerfully nostalgic for those today.

[Stupot]

Aw man, I want to be involved in this magical AGS pixie circle.

And...and.. Google had webcammy type talking technology built into gmail and that other thing they did that I can't remember the name of so maybe this could one day replicate the magic that used to happen on the AGS Stickam rooms.
I got powerfully nostalgic for those today.

Check your Gmail Eggie.
G+ does have 'Hangouts' where you can get up to ten people with webcams together.  I'm without cam at the moment so I haven't been able to try it, but apparently it's pretty good.

[Tuomas]

Man, I wish I knew what my g-mail account was. I only once logged in when I created it with my android-phone

[Eggie]

Yeee-heeeah! My AGS circle is set up, primed and ready.

Now this website juuuust needs to turn out to be actually useful

EDIT: Woah, what you were saying about finding people by their forum names... They thought of everything!

[Phemar]

Thanks for the invite Monkey! Maybe we could post our real names in this thread, so it'd be easier to find each other? I'm "Dieter Stassen" if anyone wants to add me.

[Khris]

I'd like an invite, too: gardner (at) gmx (dot) net
Thanks!

[Phemar]

Khris, I sent you an invite!

[Bror_Jon]

Might I have an invite? midiforthepeople[at]gmail[dot]com  :