Google+ Already At 10 Million Users

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Google+ Already At 10 Million Users

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @12:47AM from the thats-a-whole-lotta-plussing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I project that Google will easily pass 10 million users tomorrow and could reach 20 million user by this coming weekend if they keep the Invite Button available. As one G+ user put it, it is easy to underestimate the power of exponential growth." I bet if people post in the discussion that they need invites, we can scratch each other's backs here. I've been using Google+ for a few days now (Yes I will put you in a circle ;) and have a lot to love, but unless I can gate twitter and Facebook, the best interface in the world won't help me until I can convince my kids' grandparents to move.

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Better than facebook by Saib0t · 2011-07-12 00:51 · Score: 5, Informative

This google+ thing is much better than facebook in my opinion.
It's like going from hotmail to gmail back when it launched.
It's sleek, doesn't get in the way, lets you do things easily. You manage your "friends" easily.
Hell, it's one service I wouldn't have any issue adding my boss and co-workers to, unlike facebook.
As a bonus, I don't get people posting asinine idiocies on my wall. Sure they can get me to eyeball their crap by mentionning me in their posts, but at least it won't bother everyone else who reads the things I write.
A negative side, not for me but for others, would be the lack of games, but we'll see...

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1. Re:Better than facebook by tepples · 2011-07-12 00:55 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  Who needs Facebook games when there are VirtualNES.com (Java) and Newgrounds (Flash)?
2. Re:Better than facebook by Rhaban · 2011-07-12 01:08 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  iPhone app is pending approval from Apple since day 1 of G+.
3. Re:Better than facebook by nahdude812 · 2011-07-12 03:48 · Score: 2, Informative
  
  As many as you allow it to, it's an option you have to opt-in to. There are options to control when you want to allow it to upload:
  * Only photos via mobile networks
  * Photos & videos via mobile networks
  * Photos & videos via wi-fi only
  Plus there are other options for whether to allow upload when roaming, and whether to wait for the phone to be charging before doing an upload. There is a status message in Settings which tells you, for example, "Paused: waiting for WiFi".
  
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Re:how about people have home pages, and syndicate by drinkypoo · 2011-07-12 01:42 · Score: 4, Informative

I wish there was a nice way that people could syndicate between things i.e. an open network with a privacy model
It's called a website with RSS and security. You could do it with Drupal right now, or probably with Wordpress or what have you. There's an aggregator module that pulls in content from other sites; there's various permissions control systems.

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Re:Best UI? by diegocg · 2011-07-12 02:40 · Score: 3, Informative

There is no "someone's else wall".