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Re: Announcing Google+ Events

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Post by tubbo » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 1:19 PM UTC

tzury wrote: post #5

jgroome wrote: post #3

Very cool-looking, especially the cover photo for events. Should companies/bands/artists and the like start taking G+ seriously, this will be a big selling point (they love little branding opportunities like that). Calendar integration: Just makes sense. Not really a feature so much as an obvious subfeature. "Party Mode" looks promising. I'd say the only thing I don't like about Facebook's events is the lack of a gro…

until the people I know are actually on Plus, G+ events are just going to be something else just for the geeks That should not a problem, as most of the people you know, have a Google account, and implicitly are subscribers of Google+

It's only not a problem if they get alerted via email when people invite them to events. Unlike Facebook, people don't check their G+ every day, so it's more likely that they won't see that event being posted without explicitly being invited by email. And if that's the way G+ events are being promoted, I might as well just set up an email list.

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

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Post by dcordeiro » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 1:19 PM UTC

There is an app for iOS (since a long time ago) that does exactly that: http://www.onthehive.com/getapp

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

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Post by gbog » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 1:30 PM UTC

mvgoogler wrote: post #29

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.

There is or was another when inviting people without g+ account, I had a "can't add too many people" warning.

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

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Post by mike-cardwell » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 1:42 PM UTC

Events should have been there from the start. Events are the only reason many people use Facebook. I was inclined to try and get people to switch over to Google+ when it first launched, but the lack of Events was a turn off. I'm no longer inclined to use Google+ for anything.

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

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Post by dowskitest » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 2:08 PM UTC

Regarding party mode, every photo that I take is not worth sharing. I'll often snap 2-3 trying to get one that looks halfway decent. I don't want to automatically share the poor quality ones along the way.

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

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Post by joejohnson » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 2:11 PM UTC

This would be very useful, if I used Google+ and knew more than 5 people who did too. But sadly, I don't. So I guess I'll just have to use the nearly-identical feature on Facebook.

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

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Post by dcaranda » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 3:01 PM UTC

mike-cardwell wrote: post #34

Events should have been there from the start. Events are the only reason many people use Facebook. I was inclined to try and get people to switch over to Google+ when it first launched, but the lack of Events was a turn off. I'm no longer inclined to use Google+ for anything.

"Events are the only reason many people use Facebook."

Is this true? Do we know this? I tried looking up stats on fb's events app usage and wasn't able to dig anything up.

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

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Post by donretag » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 3:12 PM UTC

It would be great if Google+ Events can compete with Meetup.com. Meetup is woefully inadequate for more professional (such as the techie) meetups.

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

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Post by Matt_Cutts » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 3:15 PM UTC

jgroome wrote: post #3

Very cool-looking, especially the cover photo for events. Should companies/bands/artists and the like start taking G+ seriously, this will be a big selling point (they love little branding opportunities like that). Calendar integration: Just makes sense. Not really a feature so much as an obvious subfeature. "Party Mode" looks promising. I'd say the only thing I don't like about Facebook's events is the lack of a gro…

Just to reiterate, you can invite people using email addresses. They don't have to use G+, or even have a Google account, I believe.

Re: Announcing Google+ Events

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Post by mike-cardwell » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 3:17 PM UTC

dcaranda wrote: post #37

mike-cardwell wrote: post #34

Events should have been there from the start. Events are the only reason many people use Facebook. I was inclined to try and get people to switch over to Google+ when it first launched, but the lack of Events was a turn off. I'm no longer inclined to use Google+ for anything.

"Events are the only reason many people use Facebook." Is this true? Do we know this? I tried looking up stats on fb's events app usage and wasn't able to dig anything up.

It's purely anecdotal. I've heard the claim many times that people want to leave Facebook but are worried they wont be invited to stuff so keep it open just for the events functionality. If Facebook didn't have the events feature and it was basically just the status updates, games and profiles, I reckon it would be a lot easier for people to leave it.