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.
There is no facebook import option yet.
Google Reveals Its Stealth Social Project, Google+
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#162What 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.
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#163From 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…
The only way to get away with this is to provide massive value for those users when nobody else is around. If a social network only becomes valuable when many others are present, then yes, it will most likely fail.
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#164I like the idea of Google Takeout allowing you to download all of your data easily from:
Picasa Web albums and photos Your Google profile Google Buzz Google Contacts Stream
That alone would make me switch to circles.
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#165This is exciting and all -- and much as I would love to see a serious competitor to Facebook, I still don't know how I would convince any of my non-techie friends that they should switch to this. Circles? Actually I think that many people like the idea of their posts are being read by as many people as possible and not just the ones with similar interests. Although it looks like a big discussion group, the news feed…
First start by telling them they don't have to switch. There's no reason one can't use both. Facebook would never have gotten past Myspace if users had to switch.
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#166Earlier quoted context omitted.
> WHY?! WHY are they doing this again? Maybe they want to work out the kinks before having 10 million users instantly. The privacy aspect of this will be very important, and the Buzz launch is an example of how opening up to everyone at the same time led to a large backlash.
Google Buzz is a good example of how forcing an active account on everyone at the same time led to a large backlash. There's a pretty wide gulf between opening up and forcing it on people. You can't build a social networking sites if it isn't open to people in your users' social networks. But you also can't build a site people trust and want to use by forcing it on them.
Still I am curious, what circles would I get based on all the data google has ever collected from me.
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#167Earlier quoted context omitted.
I distrust Facebook so much that I dont have a news feed, I dont have a way to share my pictures (because who wants to share 1024x768 resolution pictures with their friends? ffs why do I then have a 15mp camera?) and I have skype to chat with friends. Google+ is refreshing, it shows social networking can be better.
as a camera buff, why dont you just use flickr? also, if you distrust facebook, what makes you trust google? they've had plenty of privacy issues in the past in regards to social networking (buzz, etc). Google+ launched an hour ago in private beta, isn't it a bit early to call it refreshing and better? :)
I use Flickr, but none of my friends who aren't photographers do... so when I update my stream nobody sees it (unless I use a Flickr-Facebook bridge app, which is clunky and doesn't plug in nicely).
There's a lot to be said for having your content pushed to your network in a way that's easy to use.
In fact, Buzz's integration of "external feeds" is much better done than FB. I'd hope this applies to Google+ also.
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It worked pretty well for Gmail.
Your friends didn't need Gmail for you to be able to use it. But they did need Wave. And they do need +. There's a big difference between open protocols and closed systems.
It appears that you can interact with non-Google+-enabled accounts to a limited extent; they receive your posts as emails.
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#169Circles 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'.
I'm also wondering if your friends will be aware of what group(s) you've put them into. Like, will Fred be able to see that he's in my "Work" group, but be jealous because he can see that Peggy is in both "Work" and "Drinking Buddies"?
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#170This is exciting and all -- and much as I would love to see a serious competitor to Facebook, I still don't know how I would convince any of my non-techie friends that they should switch to this. Circles? Actually I think that many people like the idea of their posts are being read by as many people as possible and not just the ones with similar interests. Although it looks like a big discussion group, the news feed…
Hangouts is going to drive adoption. It's chat roulette without the roulette.
or tinychat