Announcing Google+ Events • Hacker News Board

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

#21

Post by icebraining » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 12:35 PM UTC

judofyr wrote: post #10

augustl wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's interesting. I like Google+, but none of my friends use it. Inviting them to events would be one way of getting them started. Would be even better if I could invite people without Google accounts by e-mail, to make it generally usable for everyone.

> Would be even better if I could invite people without Google accounts by e-mail, to make it generally usable for everyone. You can do this now. Just type in an email address in the field where you add people/circles. The user who receives the invite can set his availability-status without having a + account. Anything else (posting, commenting, adding photos etc.) requires an account though.

Anything else (posting, commenting, adding photos etc.) requires an account though.

For now. Google's patent on "ghost profiles"[1] is probably intended to fix that.

[1]: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=_FULAgAAEBAJ&dq=s...

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

#22

Post by monatron » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 12:35 PM UTC

This is the first time I've looked at all of Google's social offerings and thought... wow this is a cohesive, thoughtful, and well-executed set of products. I do hope this reaches some sort of critical mass and takes off. Even if it doesn't its nice to see them really pushing the envelope and putting the fire under everyone else.

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

#23

Post by davidbrent » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 12:48 PM UTC

I just invited all of my family members who are attending our July 4th Beach Week, and so far it looks like an excellent way for us to plan the meals and share our pictures.

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

#24

Post by scott_w » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 12:50 PM UTC

fpgeek wrote: post #16

radicalbyte wrote: post #6

It's a bad day to be a Wedding-organising startup.

Absolutely not. Managing the Google+ event(s) becomes just one more service you can provide. People who would downsize from a professional wedding organizer to Google+ event(s) weren't your bread-and-butter anyway.

In addition, one could use Google+ as the back-end for your wedding service start-up anyway.

People are essentially paying for your services, not the data. If Google+/Facebook is the best way to provide your services, it's more of an opportunity than a threat to your business.

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

#25

Post by hnhg » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 12:54 PM UTC

kitsune_ wrote: post #9

Share instantly with Party Mode Snap photos during the event and share them with everyone at the party in real time, right from your phone. Thanks, but no, thanks. Life looks more and more like a Nathan Barley episode.

That might be fun for a lot of people. You might say, "they should be enjoying the moment, not artificially posing for photos, blah, blah, etc, etc..." but it's probably just not your idea of fun.

EDIT: Think I'm trying to say that showing off is a lot of fun for many people.

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

#26

Post by akash123 » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 12:58 PM UTC

kjkjggrs

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

#27

Post by akash123 » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 12:58 PM UTC

right

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

#28

Post by idleloops » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 12:58 PM UTC

knotty66 wrote: post #11

kitsune_ wrote: post #9

Share instantly with Party Mode Snap photos during the event and share them with everyone at the party in real time, right from your phone. Thanks, but no, thanks. Life looks more and more like a Nathan Barley episode.

Nathan Barley has aged so well, hasn't it? With things like Google Glass on the horizon, it's just going to get worse ..

It's well fking futile.

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

#29

Post by mvgoogler » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 1:12 PM UTC

boundlessdreamz wrote: post #15

Pretty poor implementation. Random people are inviting me to events and I see no way to block that. Linus says his homescreen is filled with invites - https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/Lwz4yjas... Google, the default should be such that only people in your circles can invite you.

That was a bug and was fixed a few hours after launch.

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

#30

Post by mvgoogler » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 1:16 PM UTC

davidbrent wrote: post #23

I just invited all of my family members who are attending our July 4th Beach Week, and so far it looks like an excellent way for us to plan the meals and share our pictures.

It's also great for people who can't make it. They can watch the live-stream during the event and will be able to browse through all the pictures after the event.