GOOGLE+, Google’s version of FACEBOOK, is off to a slow start.
Somehow, not really sure how, I scored an invite.
Initial setup was trivial.
Added about forty folks whom I thought could benefit and enjoy this new “facebook”.
The big attraction to me was the ability to update, like “tweet”, to a specific subset of identities. My highschool mates versus my favorite headhunters versus my relatives.
Rumor hath it that adding someone to a circle triggered an invite.
So I loaded a dummy email (i.e., one of the many I have for various purposes) and about 12 hours later, it received an email update but no invite. So much for that myth.
It’s not very useful without participation. I could effect the same result with a big CC list.
Also, it appears that I can’t control the display name of the identity in my circle.
Also, it appears that there is a weak linkage to GMAIL’s contacts. With no “update”. I went to GMAIL’s contacts and I can’t figure out where the “name” for an identity is coming from. I loaded an email into GOOGLE+ and put in the name in the format I like. Poof, it gave it a different name that is not related to anything I have for it. Weird? And, I can’t fix it.
Finally, putting a post in the Google group for support, generates an email summary of a hundred or so messages, at semi random intervals.
Interesting?
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