Google+ is now available with Google Apps

Now that is has been turned on, I got to agree with saurik (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3132566). It doesn't really make sense. Why would I want my social network profile attached to and controlled by my school or work? I remember a family member going through a difficult transition when he was laid off from a job he was working at for decades and no longer had access to just his email/contacts. If people use Google+ like Google wants them to, there is going to be even more important stuff held in accounts that the user doesn't really control.

Hangouts for Docs can be useful, I suppose, and I am glad those with custom domains are invited to the party, but it seems like an awkward fit.

Re: Google+ is now available with Google Apps

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Post by JonWood » Thu, Oct 27, 2011, 5:44 PM UTC

Kylekramer wrote: post #4

Now that is has been turned on, I got to agree with saurik ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3132566 ). It doesn't really make sense. Why would I want my social network profile attached to and controlled by my school or work? I remember a family member going through a difficult transition when he was laid off from a job he was working at for decades and no longer had access to just his email/contacts. If people u…

I think is largely aimed at the people who are using Google Apps for their own domain. I certainly wouldn't want a corporate account tied to my Google+ identity, but my own domain and email address which I've been using for over a decade definitely fit the bill.

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Post by tomkarlo » Thu, Oct 27, 2011, 5:46 PM UTC

Kylekramer wrote: post #4

Now that is has been turned on, I got to agree with saurik ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3132566 ). It doesn't really make sense. Why would I want my social network profile attached to and controlled by my school or work? I remember a family member going through a difficult transition when he was laid off from a job he was working at for decades and no longer had access to just his email/contacts. If people u…

If you don't want your social profile controlled by your school or work, don't use your school or work email address as your login. I'm not sure that's even specific to Google+...

There's a reverse of that use case: a school or org may want to provide social networking to its users, specifically for that context, e.g. exchange of information within the institution.

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Post by rogerbraun » Thu, Oct 27, 2011, 5:48 PM UTC

No way to join accounts, again. I can not understand why this kind of basic functionality is missing.

EDIT: Just to clarify, I mean there is now way to connect a Google Apps account to another Google account so that they can share certain services. I sort of understand why they think they don't need it for email, but having two separate G+ account is completely superfluous, thanks to the Circles system.

Re: Google+ is now available with Google Apps

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Post by tednaleid » Thu, Oct 27, 2011, 6:06 PM UTC

JonWood wrote: post #5

Kylekramer wrote: post #4

Now that is has been turned on, I got to agree with saurik ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3132566 ). It doesn't really make sense. Why would I want my social network profile attached to and controlled by my school or work? I remember a family member going through a difficult transition when he was laid off from a job he was working at for decades and no longer had access to just his email/contacts. If people u…

I think is largely aimed at the people who are using Google Apps for their own domain. I certainly wouldn't want a corporate account tied to my Google+ identity, but my own domain and email address which I've been using for over a decade definitely fit the bill.

Yep, that's the boat I'm in. I've got google apps for my own domain, and maintain 2 personal accounts on there (one for friends, one for acquaintances), my work is also on google apps. That means that there are already 3 google accounts that I'm juggling (or struggling with) and I was loathe to add a 4th account just to use google plus.

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Post by thurn » Thu, Oct 27, 2011, 6:14 PM UTC

rogerbraun wrote: post #8

No way to join accounts, again. I can not understand why this kind of basic functionality is missing. EDIT: Just to clarify, I mean there is now way to connect a Google Apps account to another Google account so that they can share certain services. I sort of understand why they think they don't need it for email, but having two separate G+ account is completely superfluous, thanks to the Circles system.

It's not like you can join two Facebook accounts you made with different emails either. That alone makes it clear that this is isn't "basic functionality".