Patters Posted July 8, 2011 I'm in and I've taken it upon myself to make an Idle Thumbs circle add me and I'll put you in it. EDIT: it doesn't seem you can make public circles, bah. I can do a google docs thing or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patters Posted July 8, 2011 https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=tTQCyDk1BcJvgP1Lm6VkEqA#gid=0 If you are on there and don't want to be just delete yourself, add yourselves as you see fit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHoatzin Posted July 8, 2011 Public circles would indeed be nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted July 8, 2011 ... somehow this looks like a enormous online circle jerk yeah... I'm not on it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shammack Posted July 8, 2011 enormous online circle jerk You say that like it's a bad thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lu Posted July 9, 2011 I'm always in for a Brodeo! 97.5! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wahwah Posted July 9, 2011 You could also just add your nickname here in the "Other name" field, and put an (Idle Thumbs) next to it, so if someone searches for Idle Thumbs they'd find you. That's how I saw that being done on GWJ and it works pretty well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted July 9, 2011 Hey some people invited me to this and I don't know what I'm doing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
subbes Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) Whee! It's time for another edition of "would it be creepy if I added Chris and Jake and Sean to this social networking thing?" wibbles! Edited July 9, 2011 by subbes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hermie Posted July 9, 2011 Whee! It's time for another edition of "would it be creepy if I added Chris and Jake and Sean to this social networking thing?" wibbles! Eh, it's asynchronous like Twitter, so you can follow someone without them following you back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted July 9, 2011 Eh, it's asynchronous like Twitter, so you can follow someone without them following you back. Yeah, that's not so cool. I don't want a Facebook that's more open... Weird decision from Google. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHoatzin Posted July 9, 2011 Yeah, that's not so cool. I don't want a Facebook that's more open... Weird decision from Google. Eh, no, this is fine. I don't have to follow people who post retarded things just because I know them... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted July 9, 2011 Eh, no, this is fine. I don't have to follow people who post retarded things just because I know them... You can block people from your feed in Facebook. I'd take that over making everything I write to my friends visible to everyone on the internet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patters Posted July 9, 2011 You can block people from your feed in Facebook. I'd take that over making everything I write to my friends visible to everyone on the internet. You can make posts only viewable by certain circles, and people can be part of more than one circle. Edit: it also doesn't email people about the facebook lists (circles) you put them in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHoatzin Posted July 9, 2011 You can make posts only viewable by certain circles, and people can be part of more than one circle.Edit: it also doesn't email people about the facebook lists (circles) you put them in. I guess right now this is weird because we're doing it under our real names, but this is how Twitter functions and people are not too bothered by Twitter. It would be more icky if the thing told you what circle(s) you were put in. I don't want people to know I put them in the "Kinda meh acquaintances" circle. But the fact that I placed them in a circle doesn't mean anything other than I MAY KNOW THIS PERSON. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
subbes Posted July 9, 2011 You may be there under your real names, but I remain a Spookbungle. (LOOKS AT PASSPORT.) Balls. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hermie Posted July 9, 2011 Yeah, what Patters and Kingz (OR SHOULD I SAY PATRICK AND STEVAN PERHAPS) said. The whole thing is very much designed towards the circles concept, so every time you share something, it very explicitly asks "who do you want to share this with?", and you pick circles or even individuals. Or if it's just a flash video of a feline, you can go ahead and set it to public/my extended circles/my circles. I enjoy this concept, because now I plan things with my friends without everyone know what I'm up to, or I can write things in Norwegian without worrying about cluttering up the feeds of English speakers with gibberi. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patters Posted July 9, 2011 I guess right now this is weird because we're doing it under our real names, but this is how Twitter functions and people are not too bothered by Twitter. It would be more icky if the thing told you what circle(s) you were put in. I don't want people to know I put them in the "Kinda meh acquaintances" circle. But the fact that I placed them in a circle doesn't mean anything other than I MAY KNOW THIS PERSON. Yeah, I like the idea of both public and private lists of people as long as YOU (the user) can decide which lists are either. So on Facebook I make a list of friends such as jugglers, gamers, etc. But as on Facebook a list, even if private to me, will get an email or notification if I add them to a list, I don't like this. Plus seems to eliminate this problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gwardinen Posted July 10, 2011 So I have added myself to the Google Doc, though currently I don't know how much I'll use Plus or how much information I'm willing to share on it. I don't have an issue with anyone from here adding me in any way though, for the most part the Thumbs seem like people I would not necessarily want to murder after a few wall posts. Edit: It is completely impossible to find subbes using it, though. Google+ just seems to think I'm taking the piss when I type "subbes" into the find people box. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
subbes Posted July 10, 2011 Haha, sorry. I didn't make myself searchable because of a creepy person I don't want to find me. Here I am. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted July 10, 2011 Haha, sorry. I didn't make myself searchable because of a creepy person I don't want to find me. Sorry, I found you. I am also on the google doc! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted July 10, 2011 So how does one get this Google Plus thing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted July 10, 2011 Haha, sorry. I didn't make myself searchable because of a creepy person I don't want to find me. Here I am. So you have two profiles? Is this a "feature" of Google Plus? I hope Google rolls this out properly. I don't want a social network filled with fake handles like MySpace or Twitter, I want real names like Facebook. The reason Facebook was so refreshing after MySpace was the fact it was actually useful for keeping in touch with real friends. Hmm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hermie Posted July 10, 2011 Invites are open right now, so you should be able to get it from people in this thread in exchange for your e-mail address. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
subbes Posted July 10, 2011 TP: No, there's only one profile for "subbes" (I have another Google account for my "real name" work thngs, which I try to keep walled-off from "subbes" because I've had two too many creepy stalking adventures). I'm aware that is completely at odds with what everyone seems to like about G+, i.e. the whole "Power Word: Real Name" thing. I'm still throwing this identity/pseudonymity thing around in my head trying to work out how or if I want to handle that. PM me your e-mail address and I'll get you an invite if you need one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
