So thanks to an invite from Diane Bjorling (a long time friend on Amplify) I was able to connect to Google+ tonight. I have to say initial response is very positive. In typical Google fashion they did something “different” time will tell if it really hits the sweet spot that will cause it to challenge Facebook. Was great to see a lot of familiar faces and I sent a bunch of invites as well, hope you got one of them in time before it was shut down!
Amplify’d from plus.google.com
For any who wish to leave, please remember you can always exit and take your data with you by using Google Takeout.
It’s your data, your relationships, your identity.
I managed to get in a few nights ago and I’m really enjoying it. A lot of people have been writing about the fine-tune permissions which people say are ‘impossible’ to do on facebook, which is wrong, they’ve just never tried to before. The interface is much more intuitive though and I can finally edit someone’s permissions from their profile, which you cannot do with fb, having to back to the friends list to start. Here’s hoping it takes off with people besides us!
@MattieTK Glad you made it in Mattie. Fine tuning privacy settings is a challenge with Facebook. Google is attacking Facebook where they are most vulnerable – on Privacy issues. Brilliant when you think about it. I am excited about Google+ because it is going to change Social Media. I think the hardest thing for people is figuring out where to spend their available time, where + fits in that mix is to be determined but I see it as more of a threat to Twitter and Flickr than to Facebook. Will be interesting to see what the growth rate will be like for +. Thanks for your comment!
I’m still trying to get into Google+. Maybe it wont’ be long now.
@Coolest send me your gmail address, I will invite you. You can use the contact form here on my blog at http://joehackman.com/contact/ and I look forward to seeing you there!
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Thanks a million!
@Coolest You should have your invite, enjoy!