We’re Now On Google+

35 responses to “We’re Now On Google+”

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   Mic

   July 12, 2011 at 1:33 pm

   The complete lack of adds (at least for now) not to mention I’m not getting tons of “So and so has gifted you X in MAfia Wars!” “Bob has raised mega-crops in Farmville!” type crap.

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   milali

   July 12, 2011 at 1:35 pm

   its a very ‘exclusive’ club feel atm which is lame. Needs more people and getting friends to switch is next to impossible.

   I didn’t think businesses could register for G+ yet, or is it just your personal account?

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3. 

   AdrianT

   July 12, 2011 at 1:38 pm

   not yet a part of this “exclusive club”

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4. 

   Zwa

   July 12, 2011 at 1:38 pm

   Don’t have an account yet, but this pretty much sums up my feelings on the matter.

   http://xkcd.com/918/

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   1. 

      Trjn

      July 12, 2011 at 2:10 pm

      That comic is exactly what sold me on the concept.

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5. 

   PrettyTones

   July 12, 2011 at 1:41 pm

   There’s not really much to do on Google+ right now, but I’m sure that will change. I’ll keep an eye on it. At the moment it’s difficult to spend more than 2 mins on it.

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6. 

   Andrew Burdusel

   July 12, 2011 at 1:42 pm

   Didn’t Google already try their hand at social networks with Buzz and fail?

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   1. 

      D

      July 12, 2011 at 5:54 pm

      Not to mention Google Wave…. Excellent concept, poor execution

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7. 

   milali

   July 12, 2011 at 1:46 pm

   this sums it up for me.

   http://s3.amazonaws.com/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-07-01/noArvpxaAAcyfkonzcJAycwamdhtrHnufizIFzhccocDhtgDaskdjzeyGHsj/I_was_on_google_before_it_was_open_for_everyone.png.scaled500.png?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJFZAE65UYRT34AOQ&Expires=1310442644&Signature=DBk5og9iQcvg1DWTuBqWqbpH%2FLY%3D

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   1. 

      Richard

      July 12, 2011 at 2:55 pm

      Link’s broken.
      I assume it was this:
      http://www.derobo.de/blog/system/pictures/39/original/I_was_on_google_before_it_was_open_for_everyone.png?1309550611

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      1. 

         milali

         July 12, 2011 at 2:59 pm

         that’s the one! 🙂

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8. 

   marty

   July 12, 2011 at 1:46 pm

   Is there a blood test to determine if you are google positive or negative??

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9. 

   Midda

   July 12, 2011 at 1:54 pm

   Myself and a fair few of my friends are using it pretty regularly, and I’m really liking it. I hope it gets plenty of users when it opens up to the general public, because I can definitely see myself using it exclusively instead of Facebook.

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10. 

    TvZ

    July 12, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    Added! Boom!

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11. 

    SOX

    July 12, 2011 at 2:02 pm

    Followed! I’m ready for something new and am willing to jettison facebook for the sake of change.

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12. 

    buckE182

    July 12, 2011 at 2:07 pm

    I’m on, I’ve added some family members, added some friends and I’m following Kotaku AU and a few others. It seems nice and simple to use, but there’s not much to do on there yet. I do like the fact it looks cleaner than facebook and I don’t have a thousand stupid messages from people about their farms. I like the exclusive club feel about it, reminds me when I first had gmail in the beta stages.

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13. 

    D.C.

    July 12, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    I’ve got severe trust issues of Google and now they want me to give them my details? Good luck with that. 😀 I might be paranoid, but that’s my take.

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    1. 

       MrTaco

       July 12, 2011 at 2:59 pm

       Pretty much this.

       While I do somewhat agree with that XKCD comic, I still don’t think I’ll go for it. With its circles idea and all that does eliminate some of the things I don’t like about facebook, but I still don’t have facebook for various reasons, including that paranoid 😛 And I’m not sure I want to have much to do with google either. I’m still locked out of my youtube account, simply because I don’t want to have a google account. Again I forget why, but I’m pretty sure I had reasons at some point >_>

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       1. 

          dc

          February 10, 2014 at 12:43 pm

          Gooky, remember how we spoke for the first time in 2011? MEMORIES!

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          1. 

             mrtaco

             February 10, 2014 at 12:48 pm

             TINFOIL BROS! *fistbump*

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14. 

    RufusLives

    July 12, 2011 at 2:20 pm

    Only got on late last night so still needing to have a good explore. I’ll definitely be adding Kotaku due to the fact that my circles are pretty much deserted at the moment

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15. 

    DNR

    July 12, 2011 at 2:23 pm

    Ok so far, yes there is less people, but it is technically in a ‘beta’ phase.

    I love the fact that unlike other social networking its not all private or all public, you can actually over lap specific things with specific people, I.e. family, friends and co-workers can all be added but you control what parts of your page they see.

    NO ADDS.

    im hoping also that all the people i dislike will stay on facebook, that way i dont have 7000 requests a day for crap like, farmville and mob wars or friend recommendations.
    something simple clean and useful is all i want, and im hoping google given there track record keeps things simple.

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16. 

    Aidan

    July 12, 2011 at 2:27 pm

    It’s pretty much an echo chamber, for the moment.

    I’m going to struggle to update three social networks (I barely use Facebook as it is, except to organise events) and I can’t see what Google+ adds that isn’t already done in Twitter or Facebook.

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    1. 

       SOX

       July 12, 2011 at 3:26 pm

       I thought the idea was to replace both with the one and it also has video chat.

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17. 

    RobB

    July 12, 2011 at 3:26 pm

    Anyone heard when it is due to go public? very keen to check it out.

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    1. 

       Ad

       July 12, 2011 at 3:48 pm

       Jump over to Whirlpool, you’ll be able to get an invite.

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18. 

    Chazz

    July 12, 2011 at 3:34 pm

    Meh for me, another social networking site for people to actually be anti-social.

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19. 

    Kyall

    July 12, 2011 at 3:40 pm

    I don’t need google posting on my wall “Kyall just googled ‘maid bondage hardcore’” or anything like that, so I’m not sure what google+ is like till some one gives me a feature list.

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    1. 

       Chazz

       July 12, 2011 at 3:43 pm

       http://technobombs1.appspot.com/images/facebook-vs-google-plus.png

       That might help.

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20. 

    xWisp

    July 12, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    *yawn*

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21. 

    thyco

    July 12, 2011 at 5:40 pm

    So how long until this Google+ ends up like every other “was cool before it was popular thing” by being the most hated thing in existance.

    im giving it it 2 days tops

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    1. 

       Chazz

       July 12, 2011 at 9:08 pm

       I dunno but Facebook has managed to continue to do pretty well despite the constant and outrageous privacy issues and its ability to help more stalkers and pedo’s than all the other social networking sites (past and present) combined.

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22. 

    doubleDizz

    July 12, 2011 at 5:52 pm

    Nice. WISH I WAS AAAAAARRRRRGHHHHH!!

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    1. 

       Mark Serrels

       July 12, 2011 at 6:38 pm

       I’ve got you son. Invite sent!

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23. 

    Wil

    July 13, 2011 at 12:38 pm

    Sweet following you now. 🙂

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