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Google+ gets a redesign

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Re: Google+ gets a redesign

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Glad to see Hangouts promoted in this design. Think that's probably the G+ trump card.

I know that I tend to go to Google+ ONLY for the Hangouts as group video chat, and ignore all the other features of g+.

It's going to change the face of podcasting, that's for sure. Case in point https://plus.google.com/110701307803962595019/posts - and maybe that will drag in more users (by interest graph rather than friend/family graph).

Re: Google+ gets a redesign

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Yeah I really like this, and I also like how google is not giving up. I do think it has potential, and if google can hit it, it will be huge for the company. I think the piece that's missing is integration from other third party services - I would use my google+ account a lot more if I could post to it from apps I use often like twitter, instagram etc. There's always share to twitter in almost every app, which makes…

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Re: Google+ gets a redesign

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Yeah I really like this, and I also like how google is not giving up. I do think it has potential, and if google can hit it, it will be huge for the company. I think the piece that's missing is integration from other third party services - I would use my google+ account a lot more if I could post to it from apps I use often like twitter, instagram etc. There's always share to twitter in almost every app, which makes…

Part of me wants this, too. But the other part of me hates it when a majority of my Facebook timeline is just updates from apps, games, and other crap that get automatically shared. This is a delicate balance.

Re: Google+ gets a redesign

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Yeah I really like this, and I also like how google is not giving up. I do think it has potential, and if google can hit it, it will be huge for the company. I think the piece that's missing is integration from other third party services - I would use my google+ account a lot more if I could post to it from apps I use often like twitter, instagram etc. There's always share to twitter in almost every app, which makes…

One of the most hotly discussed API feature requests [1] but I'm nervous about it. I don't want my stream filled with junk the way my Facebook stream is.

[1] http://code.google.com/p/google-plus-platform/issues/detail?...

Re: Google+ gets a redesign

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Yeah I really like this, and I also like how google is not giving up. I do think it has potential, and if google can hit it, it will be huge for the company. I think the piece that's missing is integration from other third party services - I would use my google+ account a lot more if I could post to it from apps I use often like twitter, instagram etc. There's always share to twitter in almost every app, which makes…

Part of me wants this, too. But the other part of me hates it when a majority of my Facebook timeline is just updates from apps, games, and other crap that get automatically shared. This is a delicate balance.

On G+, you only see your friends' game update crap when you're on the Games tab.
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