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In general, I think the Circles dataset will be really interesting, as I don't think anybody else has this kind of labeled groups data. (Have people actually been separating their friends into different Circles?)
Facebook also does this, for example by analyzing which pictures you and a friend are both tagged in. Probably there are other signals like wall posts, likes, and profile views. You can see the result of this by the order of friends in the search box.
It's not curious that the scores are not commutative; they shouldn't be. For example, I guarantee you that pg is more interesting to me than I am to him.
It's not curious that the scores are not commutative; they shouldn't be. For example, I guarantee you that pg is more interesting to me than I am to him.
Assuming you're not personal friends with pg, the "friend score" between you and pg should be low. This shouldn't be an "interest score," since presumably the goal is that Google+ users would establish strong 2-way relationships.
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Assuming you're not personal friends with pg, the "friend score" between you and pg should be low. This shouldn't be an "interest score," since presumably the goal is that Google+ users would establish strong 2-way relationships.
Everything that I am getting from trying out google+ is pointing to it being a Twitter killer not a Facebook killer; the lack of things like private messaging (yes you can post with only one person able to view it, but it's pretty unlikely that they would ever notice that you wrote it). The whole system is geared towards 'share to group' rather than 'communicate with individual x'; even the video chat is. I don't thi…
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Assuming you're not personal friends with pg, the "friend score" between you and pg should be low. This shouldn't be an "interest score," since presumably the goal is that Google+ users would establish strong 2-way relationships.
Everything that I am getting from trying out google+ is pointing to it being a Twitter killer not a Facebook killer; the lack of things like private messaging (yes you can post with only one person able to view it, but it's pretty unlikely that they would ever notice that you wrote it). The whole system is geared towards 'share to group' rather than 'communicate with individual x'; even the video chat is. I don't thi…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Assuming you're not personal friends with pg, the "friend score" between you and pg should be low. This shouldn't be an "interest score," since presumably the goal is that Google+ users would establish strong 2-way relationships.
Everything that I am getting from trying out google+ is pointing to it being a Twitter killer not a Facebook killer; the lack of things like private messaging (yes you can post with only one person able to view it, but it's pretty unlikely that they would ever notice that you wrote it). The whole system is geared towards 'share to group' rather than 'communicate with individual x'; even the video chat is. I don't thi…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Everything that I am getting from trying out google+ is pointing to it being a Twitter killer not a Facebook killer; the lack of things like private messaging (yes you can post with only one person able to view it, but it's pretty unlikely that they would ever notice that you wrote it). The whole system is geared towards 'share to group' rather than 'communicate with individual x'; even the video chat is. I don't thi…
I haven't tried it yet, but they say it ties in with gmail? Presumably they'll encourage the one-on-one to happen there?