Google+?

[jaerdaph]

I don't disagree. Since I joined it, and added darn near everybody i knew that it recognized to circles, I've seen ONE post by somebody.

Here is the full extend of the posts I'm seeing (mostly from the gaming community):

1. Obama sucks!
2. The Tea Party sucks!
3. Facebook sucks!

I'm now convinced that most of us are walking around with undiagnosed Asperger's Syndrome.

Edit: I am trying to give up caffeine this week, and it isn't making me pretty. Take everything I say with a grain of salt for a few days...

 

[Agamon]

The more I use this thing, the less I like it. It's making me get angry about things I really shouldn't be getting upset about. For example, today I went through and dropped a bunch of people I added to my circles that didn't add me back. I mean, I get it if someone like William Shatner or Kim Kardasian doesn't add me to their circles. But if you run a small game company I buy products from or have a blog with a handful of regular readers of which I am one and you post to Google+ on a regular basis daily, common courtesy would dictate you add me to one of your circles as well.

Yes I realize this is something I probably shouldn't be getting that upset about, but it irritates me nonetheless. I guess Google+ still needs to develop a Netiquette like Facebook has.

I won't be giving up Facebook anytime soon for Google+.

Odd, this is one of the reasons I quit FB. People constantly bombarding me with friend requests that I don't want to accept, and then needing to explain it later. G+ is less in your face about it, you can add someone or not, whatever, there are no "requests".

Or, you can take a page from Brent Sienna's book, make a circle called D-Bags, put people in it and then block it. lol

 

[Janx]

Odd, this is one of the reasons I quit FB. People constantly bombarding me with friend requests that I don't want to accept, and then needing to explain it later. G+ is less in your face about it, you can add someone or not, whatever, there are no "requests".

Or, you can take a page from Brent Sienna's book, make a circle called D-Bags, put people in it and then block it. lol

I didn't know G+ told people what circle I put them in. I don't like that. The whole point of circles is for ME to manage information to YOU.

I agree with not liking Requests from random people. The only people I want in my FB/xbox/ps3 list is people who are actually my friends.

I suspect assigning people to a "Followers" circle is the only way for famous people to control sending content to their followers, akin to what Twitter effectively does.

 

[jaerdaph]

Or, you can take a page from Brent Sienna's book, make a circle called D-Bags, put people in it and then block it. lol

Is there a way in Google+ to create a circle of people and block them from showing up in the main stream? (or just an individual?)

This hasn't come up for me in G+ yet, but in Facebook I have a handful of people I *have* to Friend for work or family reasons, but I don't want to see their inane rantings so I just block them from my main News Feed. Can something similar be done in Google+ now?

 

[jaerdaph]

I didn't know G+ told people what circle I put them in. I don't like that. The whole point of circles is for ME to manage information to YOU.

I don't think it does that as far as I can see. I think it just tells them that you added them to "your circles", but not which one(s).

Which brings me back to my complaint - you know I added you, so you better add me too, even if it is just D-Bags!

 

[jaerdaph]

On a positive note (he says as he sips a Coke Zero because he totally caved), there are a lot of cool people that added me first as well as added me back on Google+.

 

[Janx]

Is there a way in Google+ to create a circle of people and block them from showing up in the main stream? (or just an individual?)

This hasn't come up for me in G+ yet, but in Facebook I have a handful of people I *have* to Friend for work or family reasons, but I don't want to see their inane rantings so I just block them from my main News Feed. Can something similar be done in Google+ now?

ooh,, good question. As it is, on FB, I advise people to either use the Groups in it to manage who sees what, or never friend co-workers or never talk about work. Because if you don't manage it, you get issues from the wrong people seeing what you really think

 

[jaerdaph]

Exactly. It's supposed to be social media software, and part of being "social" is the little friggin' political games you have to play in the real world (for good or ill). Facebook imitates that (also for good or ill), but Google+ doesn't yet as far as I can tell.

 

[Agamon]

Actually, blocking someone puts them in your Blocked Circle: Blocking someone in G+

Whether or not they show as in your circles, I dunno. Don't think so.

 

[jaerdaph]

Actually, blocking someone puts them in your Blocked Circle: Blocking someone in G+

Whether or not they show as in your circles, I dunno. Don't think so.

Yeah I saw that, but it goes too far. Plus they can pretty much figure out they've been blocked when/if they try to post to one of your comments. I wouldn't want to offend anyone, just not read their crazy talk.