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A quick note on Google+
Lots and lots of the people I normally get all with trying out a new web feature have had emails to Google+ and are having fin getting it working.
I haven't had an invite yet.
It looks cool. Nothing groundbreaking, but some substantially well through through UI tweaks to existing ideas (Dreamwidth users are probably pointing at the "Circles" idea and going "ours" quite a bit, whereas G+ is laughing at the management interface...)
So, y'know, if anyone has a spare invite kicking around ;-)
ETA: I know have an account, and it is good-never actually received an invite, I just got in via a link, weird.
Mat Bowles - Google+
I haven't had an invite yet.
It looks cool. Nothing groundbreaking, but some substantially well through through UI tweaks to existing ideas (Dreamwidth users are probably pointing at the "Circles" idea and going "ours" quite a bit, whereas G+ is laughing at the management interface...)
ETA: I know have an account, and it is good-never actually received an invite, I just got in via a link, weird.
Mat Bowles - Google+
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I don't use email, I use Twitter, DW, Facebook &c. My strong social graph doesn't show up. Daft, innit. Some people are just getting to log straight in, most annoying.
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I expect 'strong social graph' means how big and active your address-book is on gmail. Which isn't daft, but spooky.
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Break your links!
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Their initial criteria was for active email users with a large addressbook--that's fair enough, they want people toa ctually test it and see what works/doesn't work.
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"Keep in mind that your full name and gender are the only required information that will be displayed on your profile; you’ll be able to edit or remove any other information that you don’t want to share."
OK if that's what you want, but it locks out those who don't want it.
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OMG - indeed yes - exactly. That was my first thought the second I saw it! Too bad
Oh and (edit) if I get an invite I'll be sure to pass it your way. :)
An open rant to the developers
There was going to be a considered response to the points raised in the original post, and those developed in comments. Then it grew into a post of its own. Here's a precis: You at G****e live in your machines, and you are moulding human activity to fit your algorithms. This is holding humanity back.
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https://plus.google.com/
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Now I'm trying to work out whether logging in there then going to gmail bypassed two stage authentication, or whether google just wanted my password and not the code.
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And you can post to multiple friends lists at once in LJ as well.
DW's main difference to LJ's friending system is that you can grant access to people without putting them into a filter for reading - and they know it. You can't do that with G+.
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...unlike LJ filters. But you can
This indicates "the first thing is not like LJ. The second thing is the opposite of that" [i.e. like LJ].
I'm still unable to have people in multiple circles; I will have to play with that a bit more and find out why.
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I managed to drag someone into a circle when they were already in a different one. When I hovered over them both circles glowed. I wonder why that would work for me and not you. Seems odd.
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But until I've played, can't be sure.
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And yes, it's kinda pretty.
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