The Top 100 most popular Google+ users • Hacker News Board

Re: The Top 100 most popular Google+ users

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 04, 2011, 10:23 PM UTC

re wrote: post #10

What's with all the 0-friend Google employees?

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Re: The Top 100 most popular Google+ users

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Post by tonfa » Mon, Jul 04, 2011, 10:43 PM UTC

spullara wrote: post #20

tilt wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Haven't played with settings that much yet but it could easily be they're "hiding" people in their circles.

That is correct. Apparently that feature was made for them since few others on that list do the same.

Why would you do a social network with a focus on privacy and not use those settings? ;)

Re: The Top 100 most popular Google+ users

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Post by michaelschade » Mon, Jul 04, 2011, 10:45 PM UTC

albertzeyer wrote: post #15

joejohnson wrote: post #5

I still find it ironic that Mark Zuckerberg is on G+

I thought/think this is a face account. Is there any evidence that this is real?

Robert Scoble texted Zuck to verify, which he did.

Source: https://twitter.com/#!/Scobleizer/status/87321128783192064 (note: he meant "Google account" specifically in reference to "Google Plus account", verified elsewhere).

Re: The Top 100 most popular Google+ users

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 04, 2011, 10:47 PM UTC

albertzeyer wrote: post #15

joejohnson wrote: post #5

I still find it ironic that Mark Zuckerberg is on G+

I thought/think this is a face account. Is there any evidence that this is real?

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Re: The Top 100 most popular Google+ users

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Post by ipince » Mon, Jul 04, 2011, 10:59 PM UTC

mpk wrote: post #16

What always surprises me about lists like this is that there are people who follow thousands of others and they still get taken seriously.

Why is that surprising? What's wrong about following thousands of people?

Re: The Top 100 most popular Google+ users

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Post by bonch » Mon, Jul 04, 2011, 11:06 PM UTC

Half the HN front page, as of this writing, is Google links.

Re: The Top 100 most popular Google+ users

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Post by derwiki » Mon, Jul 04, 2011, 11:37 PM UTC

bonch wrote: post #26

Half the HN front page, as of this writing, is Google links.

It's been like that all week. Say what you want about g+, being that consistently on HN is remarkable.

Re: The Top 100 most popular Google+ users

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Post by patrickaljord » Mon, Jul 04, 2011, 11:40 PM UTC

ry0ohki wrote: post #9

joejohnson wrote: post #5

I still find it ironic that Mark Zuckerberg is on G+

He also invested in Diaspora, I think he wants to avoid the mistakes a lot of companies make when they are in the lead, and just sit on his laurels.

He made a small donation to Diaspora, he didn't "invest" in it.

Re: The Top 100 most popular Google+ users

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Post by mpk » Mon, Jul 04, 2011, 11:42 PM UTC

ipince wrote: post #25

mpk wrote: post #16

What always surprises me about lists like this is that there are people who follow thousands of others and they still get taken seriously.

Why is that surprising? What's wrong about following thousands of people?

Following people implies at least a very basic interest in what they have to say. You can't follow more than a few hundred people and still keep track of what they're saying (and that's with a low average post count). If you're following thousands you're either a bot or just racking up numbers in which case the follow relationship is totally meaningless.

Re: The Top 100 most popular Google+ users

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Post by petercooper » Tue, Jul 05, 2011, 12:30 AM UTC

mpk wrote: post #29

ipince wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is that surprising? What's wrong about following thousands of people?

Following people implies at least a very basic interest in what they have to say. You can't follow more than a few hundred people and still keep track of what they're saying (and that's with a low average post count). If you're following thousands you're either a bot or just racking up numbers in which case the follow relationship is totally meaningless.

I would have agreed with you once but now I think that, to a certain extent, maintaining social connections can be a bit like physical fitness. I could say you can't run under a 4 minute mile or a single race of > 100 miles, yet people have and do while almost none of us on HN ever will.

My change of heart has come after 5 years of using Twitter. I could only follow 100 people well at first but somehow it crept up and up. I've had quite a few culls and now I'm at 1000 people I follow and whenever I go through the list I recognize almost every name. It's not quite a 4 minute mile but I've been able to get at least a feel for those 1000 folks and know they're ones I appreciate following.