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Google Reveals Its Stealth Social Project, Google+

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Re: Google Reveals Its Stealth Social Project, Google+

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Post by pohl »

ben1040 wrote: post #39
cryptoz wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you really concerned about 8MB? Are there even Android phones on the market today that ship with less than 8GB of space?

By default, Android phones store apps on an onboard storage location that is separate from the SD card. On some older phones there is not a whole lot of space here. For example it didn't take a whole lot at all for me to fill up my Nexus One's app partition. It wasn't until 2.2 that the option to move apps to a encrypted location on the SD card was added, and even then it's an option that has to be enabled by the dev…

Wow, why do they make the user manage this at all? The distinction sounds like an enormous misfeature to me.

Re: Google Reveals Its Stealth Social Project, Google+

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Post by kristiandupont »

201studio wrote: post #47

I think this has huge potential. The problem with Facebook, at least for me, is that I have a ton of friends that post pointless shit. Now with features like Circles I can put my REAL friends in one circle, family in another, and all the noise and acquaintances(networking etc.) in a spam filter circle. This is going to be awesome.

You can create friend lists on Facebook. I don't use them (I just hide people who spam) but they seem to do what you want..

Re: Google Reveals Its Stealth Social Project, Google+

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Post by glhaynes »

201studio wrote: post #47

I think this has huge potential. The problem with Facebook, at least for me, is that I have a ton of friends that post pointless shit. Now with features like Circles I can put my REAL friends in one circle, family in another, and all the noise and acquaintances(networking etc.) in a spam filter circle. This is going to be awesome.

On Facebook, why don't you just hide the people you're not interested in?

Re: Google Reveals Its Stealth Social Project, Google+

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Post by wccrawford »

dfield wrote: post #27

(cross posted from http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2706219 ) I'm very excited to try this out. Context (AKA "Circles") is the biggest feature Facebook still hasn't gotten right. By mirroring the way we think about our social graph in real life, Google is making a huge step toward converging Online and Offline identity. It will be very interesting to see how Facebook responds to this... they might finally have a c…

It's the feature I hear the most people complain about Facebook and Twitter lacking, that's for sure.

Re: Google Reveals Its Stealth Social Project, Google+

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Post by tonfa »

beck5 wrote: post #49

Circles is very interesting, its could solve a work/life/parents social battle I fight, however the demo only allows you to add a person to one circle, I hope this is just a demo limitation, as my sister is also my 'friend'.

AFAIK you can put people in several circles.

Re: Google Reveals Its Stealth Social Project, Google+

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Post by beck5 »

nostromo wrote: post #26

What I'd like to know is if I can use Facebook Connect to port my graph over (doubt Facebook would allow this) -- or if this means starting from scratch yet again.

Its probably more likely google buys Facebook! So don't hold your breath on facebook letting any of there data slip into google+.

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Post by CraigRood »

glhaynes wrote: post #53
201studio wrote: post #47

I think this has huge potential. The problem with Facebook, at least for me, is that I have a ton of friends that post pointless shit. Now with features like Circles I can put my REAL friends in one circle, family in another, and all the noise and acquaintances(networking etc.) in a spam filter circle. This is going to be awesome.

On Facebook, why don't you just hide the people you're not interested in?

Thats not how its works. For me the problem is the content, not the people behind it.

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Post by tonfa »

fedd wrote: post #32

too complex to use may affect usage negatively. too many features is not always good. trying to mimic real live brings the complexities of real life to the web. check this: "With Hangouts, the unplanned meet-up comes to the web for the first time. Let specific buddies (or entire circles) know you’re hanging out and then see who drops by for a face-to-face-to-face chat. Until teleportation arrives, it’s the next best…

Then remove him from the circle.

Re: Google Reveals Its Stealth Social Project, Google+

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Post by yanw »

cryptoz wrote: post #2

From plus.google.com: > Google+ is in limited Field Trial Right now, we're testing with a small number of people, but it won't be long before the Google+ project is ready for everyone. Leave us your email address and we'll make sure you're the first to know when we're ready to invite more people. WHY?! WHY are they doing this again? They did this with Wave. Google, you cannot launch a social network while explicitly…

From the blog post:

That’s the Google+ project so far: Circles, Sparks, Hangouts and mobile. We’re beginning in Field Trial, so you may find some rough edges, and the project is by invitation only

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