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Did anybody notice that you can workaround needing an invite by clicking "Take the Tour" and then "Join the Project" on their demo website? http://www.google.com/intl/en/+/demo/
I think you're already in. That just asks me to sign up for the waiting list.
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…
"Google, you cannot launch a social network while explicitly disallowing social networking". It worked for Facebook.
For those of you with an Android device, there's an app called "Google+" on the Market right now. I can't say if there's an app for iOS, WP7, etc. You can install the app without an invite, but cannot use it. EDIT: The "Learn More" button in the app cycles you back to the "You need an invitation" message box. So the app itself is completely pointless if you haven't received an invitation.
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..
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> I'm afraid it might not be What leads you to that conclusion? Any article I've seen hints at the opposite. I'd be shocked if, as you note, they intentionally cripple one of the core components of this site.
I think we are talking features here, when the only important thing is the product. I doubt people are going to micro manage their circles. It's too much work. "Should I put you into 'best friends' or 'love you guys'. Circles are going to become a very little managed feature. Personally I would create four categories: "Friends" "People I know" "People that are interesting" "Family".
Supposedly they already did that, and yes I did the "merge the accounts dance", and still, no Profiles for me, and therefore, no +1 and no Google+.
Google, I'm paying for my google apps. I don't want to have another free account just to play with your new features (and I really hope this is not going Buzz way... which I also never saw in my gmail...)