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KevB · 06-29-2011, 09:27 PM

Has anybody tried it, and do you have any invites?

**DaFace** · 06-29-2011, 09:38 PM

I signed up to try and get one, but nothing so far. It sounds intriguing at least. At least far more so than Buzz.

The Rick · 06-29-2011, 11:45 PM

If anyone has any invites they'd be willing to share...please send one my way! Thanks in advance!

rmcmillin [at] gmail [dot] com

**BigMeatballDave** · 06-30-2011, 12:01 AM

No invite. I don't know anyone on it or has received an invite.

listopencil · 06-30-2011, 12:04 AM

http://mashable.com/2011/06/29/google-plus-invites/

**wazu** · 06-30-2011, 12:22 AM

Impression from their own marketing material - Seems to me like it muddies the waters by identifying you by your "Google Account" which you may or may not already have or care about. Or maybe you have several. Rather than just approaching it as an independent site asking for whatever e-mail you care to provide and granting you a brand new account. Could be wrong. Also doubt the whole "circles" thing. People are narcissists, they want to talk to the whole group and be able to excuse it as just being part of the program. Let them select certain groups and it suddenly becomes e-mail distribution lists.

**DaFace** · 06-30-2011, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Wazu

Impression from their own marketing material - Seems to me like it muddies the waters by identifying you by your "Google Account" which you may or may not already have or care about. Or maybe you have several. Rather than just approaching it as an independent site asking for whatever e-mail you care to provide and granting you a brand new account. Could be wrong. Also doubt the whole "circles" thing. People are narcissists, they want to talk to the whole group and be able to excuse it as just being part of the program. Let them select certain groups and it suddenly becomes e-mail distribution lists.

I strongly disagree. I censor myself pretty heavily on facebook because there are things I'd be more than willing to say to my friends, but not to my parents.

**wazu** · 06-30-2011, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

I strongly disagree. I censor myself pretty heavily on facebook because there are things I'd be more than willing to say to my friends, but not to my parents.

I get that, and I do the same. But even the things you are willing to say to your friends - isn't that a pretty broad range? If it's a really tight circle then I almost don't need social media. A quick e-mail with a few friends will do.

I'll give it a chance. I just think that trying to decide how to group and classify people will end up being another layer of complication. Could feel different after using, though. I'm rooting for it to be good.

**BigRedChief** · 07-07-2011, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

I strongly disagree. I censor myself pretty heavily on facebook because there are things I'd be more than willing to say to my friends, but not to my parents.

I've given up on trying to keep my online, business, family and personal lifes totally seperate. It's just not possible without putting a lot of thought into that effort. And for what end game? I'm not ashamed of my life or doing anything that I want to keep a part of my life from finding out. For crissakes the ****ing FBI went and talked in person to 3 members of this board about me.

I had my identity stolen two months ago. Had a service to alert to me and nothing happened and they caught the guys two days later.

Privacy on the internet is an illusion. Anyone can find out anything about anyone if they want to spend a couple of hours and if needed about $75.00. All you can hope for is to make it more difficult. But then again my parents arn't on Facebook.

**AustinChief** · 07-07-2011, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I've given up on trying to keep my online, business, family and personal lifes totally seperate. It's just not possible without putting a lot of thought into that effort. And for what end game? I'm not ashamed of my life or doing anything that I want to keep a part of my life from finding out. For crissakes the ****ing FBI went and talked in person to 3 members of this board about me.

I had my identity stolen two months ago. Had a service to alert to me and nothing happened and they caught the guys two days later.

Privacy on the internet is an illusion. Anyone can find out anything about anyone if they want to spend a couple of hours and if needed about $75.00. All you can hope for is to make it more difficult. But then again my parents arn't on Facebook.

So true. I used to tell all my business clients that the BEST security policy they can have is to not do anything that they don't want EVERYONE to know.

**BigRedChief** · 07-07-2011, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by AustinChief

So true. I used to tell all my business clients that the BEST security policy they can have is to not do anything that they don't want EVERYONE to know.

Every business in America that hires anyone above entry level is checking out the Linked in, facebook, twitter pages of prespective employees. If there are gaps or a "sense" to hide parts of your life it could be seen as a red flag. I don't think most people realize how fast the loss of privacy came about and how fast the average business in America figured that out.

DMAC · 06-30-2011, 07:37 AM

I loathe facebook for the very reason that I now avoid cameras. Every time my picture is taken, I know the whole world will see me and what I was doing then.

I like the idea of the circles. You can create a circle of "the float trip we just went on" or "chiefs game" or just "close friends", that doesnt include your parents, for instance, or your pastor or something.

Just sounds a little more personal. It's on the right track.

Deberg_1990 · 06-30-2011, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by DMAC

I loathe facebook for the very reason that I now avoid cameras. Every time my picture is taken, I know the whole world will see me and what I was doing then.

I like the idea of the circles. You can create a circle of "the float trip we just went on" or "chiefs game" or just "close friends", that doesnt include your parents, for instance, or your pastor or something.

Just sounds a little more personal. It's on the right track.

You dont have to let the whole world see your pics or what you are doing on FB, but they dont exactly make it easy for users to control their security settings.

DMAC · 06-30-2011, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

You dont have to let the whole world see your pics or what you are doing on FB, but they dont exactly make it easy for users to control their security settings.

But still every single one of ones "friends".

NewChief · 06-30-2011, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by DMAC

But still every single one of ones "friends".

No. You can create groups of your "friends" in the same way circles works and disallow viewing of certain aspects of your information (photos, wall posts, tags, etc) for certain groups. It's not very intuitive in the way it works, but it does work. Once you create groups, then when you add a friend it gives you the option to add that fried to a group.

06-29-2011, 09:27 PM	Topic Starter
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06-29-2011, 11:45 PM	#3
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06-30-2011, 12:22 AM	#6
wazu ... Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, MO Casino cash: $2072295 VARSITY	Impression from their own marketing material - Seems to me like it muddies the waters by identifying you by your "Google Account" which you may or may not already have or care about. Or maybe you have several. Rather than just approaching it as an independent site asking for whatever e-mail you care to provide and granting you a brand new account. Could be wrong. Also doubt the whole "circles" thing. People are narcissists, they want to talk to the whole group and be able to excuse it as just being part of the program. Let them select certain groups and it suddenly becomes e-mail distribution lists.
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06-30-2011, 07:37 AM	#12
DMAC MVP Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Springfield, MO Casino cash: $10008735	I loathe facebook for the very reason that I now avoid cameras. Every time my picture is taken, I know the whole world will see me and what I was doing then. I like the idea of the circles. You can create a circle of "the float trip we just went on" or "chiefs game" or just "close friends", that doesnt include your parents, for instance, or your pastor or something. Just sounds a little more personal. It's on the right track.
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