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Google+ Already At 10 Million Users
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.
But I value my privacy.
Would it be crass of us to rent a dingy motel, buy some horribly depressing cheap decorations, and invite Tom from Myspace and Zuckerberg from Facebook to their very own pity party?
Don't use your slashdot journal? Philistine!
Also, not getting your kid's grandparents to use it at this time can be considered a feature. Let the early adopters work out the kinks first, otherwise when they try to move from failbook they'll just move right back.
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...
One shall speak only if what one has to say is more beautiful than silence
I have no idea what "gate twitter" means, but you can publish your microblog on a different service that supports RSS, and "the my kids grandparents" (whatever that means) will be able to follow you with any feed reader.
Or did you mean gating the other twitter?
I've been on G+ for almost two weeks now and loving it. Would be more than happy to invite others.
Easy way to get grandparents to switch is to only post pictures of the grandchildren on Google+. They will switch over.
Also, WTH does "gate twitter and Facebook" mean?
honestly
I hate how everything is locked down...
I wish there was a nice way that people could syndicate between things i.e. an open network with a privacy model
I simply have not seen a nice way to do this any suggestions ?
(no Diaspora does not even look useful)
something with OpenID would actually be useful !
regards
John Jones
I would appreciate an invitation. jamesbradleyharris(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks, J. Brad Harris
I'd love an invite (ephemeriis@gmail.com), if somebody out there has one available.
I'm not a fan of Facebook. I use it largely because my wife does. I'd love to get her switched to something better... And everyone keeps raving about Google+. She's even curious enough that I might be able to get her to try it.
"Work is the curse of the drinking classes." -Oscar Wilde
It seems that the invite-only PicasaWeb albums (where only specific google accounts have access) would no longer be invite-only. That alone is reason enough to not join G+. When signing up for G+, they gave the following notice:
Linking Google+ with Picasa Web Albums
When you join Google+:
* [...]
* Your albums' visibility settings aren’t changed, but people they’re shared with can now share them with others.
* [...]
If they could fix this issue, I would sign up. Otherwise, forget it.
-molo
Using your sig line to advertise for friends is lame.
Thanks
lesopeck (at) gmail Thanks!
I am getting a little tired of the bragging by people who get access to Google +. I'm among the most who have to wait 6 months to a year for the system to open to everyone before I even get to get a good look at it. I'm not complaining, but I am tired of the bragging by people who manage to try it out.
grub at grub dot net
"Me, too! [/aol]"
Trolling is a art,
Most of them are /b/tards.
Invite, por favor. goodwintodd at gmail .com. Thanks!
My father tried to sign up -- he received the "You are not old enough" message.
He was mumbling about having to be over 80 before you can qualify.
Post email: Get invite.
Everybody looking for the next great thing, looking about a bit and essentially gone a week or two later. I don't really believe adults want social networking. Even teenagers are starting to get wise to the fact they are just a gigantic waste of time and serve primarily as advertising medium. I predict in a few years not much will be left, except specialized sites, such as XING. These do have some merit, but also do not take a lot of your time.
Most ACs are not even worth the keystrokes to insult them. Be generically insulted by this and ignored otherwise.
Send me your email address and I'll give you an invite.
meson@f2s(dot)com - many thanks...
matthew(dot)w(dot)park (at) gmail
"I didn't do it."
Invited.
Because I don't have an invite.. pkbarbiedoll@gmail
Indeed invite would be great, patrickjhogan (at) Gmail (Dawt) com
Send me your email and i'll send you an invite!
amliebsch at gmail.com
Thanks
If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.
cvpsmith(AT)gmail.com
TIA!
665: The mark on the forehead of Satan's slightly less evil brother, Stan.
Send me your email and i'll send you an invite...
If someone could spare an invite...
me at aedens dot net
thanks! :)
sent
Been hunting for an invite for a week now... will this be my lucky day ? :P
renerynt at gmail.com
(((
(. .)
(( v ))
---m-m---
I just invited all the addresses without a parent post. I don't think there's a limit on the number of people you can invite.
Please invite endoflovv(at)gmail(dot)com yep...that's two v's Thanks...
An invite would be most appreciated! linushedenberg at gmail
Don't use your slashdot journal? Philistine!
I'm taking a page from Kevin Rose and forwarding my journal to my Google+ profile.
I8-D
I would love an invite too. kai.choy@gmail.com
shane.m.mcfarland, at the standard popular google mail domain. Definitely willing to give it a shot and see how it goes.... Thanks-
thanks for the invite!
"I didn't do it."
"the best interface in the world "
Uggg, I hope you don't do UI design in your job. Google+'s UI is horrid.
It took me three tries before I figured out how to post my profile picture. One would naturally go to Profile... Photos... but that's actually not the way you do it. Even after figuring it out, it still tells me I have no photos of myself. I now have the same photo three times in three different "books" and still can't figure out how three were created.
I still have no idea how to post on someone else's wall.
And when I post on my own, I have to choose circles to share it with. Fine. But once it's posted, it doesn't tell me which ones. So if I think I did something wrong and change the sharing, a second post appears.
That's the first three of dozens of problems.
It's terrible.
donaldwjohnsoniii at gmail
An invite would be wonderful its vampyl(gmail).
I'll take an invite. I was so pessimistic about this but I haven't seen one bad thing said about it. I absolutely abhor facebook's interface. I can't stand it.
I only mod up parents of "mod parent up" posts...
nylyst at gmail TIA!
avi(dot)gplus(at)mail.ashevin.com
patrick(at)softwarematters.org, please. Thanks!
Thanks!
If anyone has a spare, invite Azzuth (at) gmail . I'll spread the love to others in this /. thread when I get invites :) /future thanks
loyerp (AT) gmail
Please invite endoflovv(at)gmail(dot)com ..that's two v's Thanks...
Emails in the comment header.
ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.
I did the strict "don't mix business with pleasure" on Facebook too. I'd lightened up and added some, but then I got into arguments on Facebook with managers over topics like the mosque project near the Twin Towers (they were actually pretty racist, which I had previously been unaware of), and had to remove them.
With Google+, I feel the same way. I can finally have a public profile again! My Facebook had eventually been completely private, locked down, and I really didn't even enjoy HAVING to respond if someone messaged me.
I'm addicted now. I feel with Google+ like I did when I first joined Twitter. I ran to Twitter to just be myself, and damn the consequences. The only problem there, of course, was eventually locking down that account too.
With both services, it was never really easy to say I want THIS public, I want THIS private, and I want THIS to be a mix. Google+ is both granular and simple. I have no plans to lock anything down again. Circles is what I've been waiting for this whole time.
I don't give a damn if Google+ is bigger than Facebook or not. It's my new home, and if people want to stay at Facebook, so be it. I've got another circle for people who ignore my invites who I occasionally will say hi to and have Google email them my update.
I8-D
I would appreciate one. sherman.brown(AT)gmail.com. Mahalo.
I'd love an invite, if there's one going spare! starsky51 [at] gmail [dot] com
There are 2 types of people in this world. Those who understand ternary and those who don't.
Invite received! thank you sir! I shall continue spreading the G+ love
done
I noticed that even with an invite you might be out of luck: "Already invited? We've temporarily exceeded our capacity. Please try again soon."
But I really hope not! And just in case I would love to test this I would also love an invite if a nice person would be awesome and send one to peterniss22 [AT] gmail doot com :)
Really hope I can finally ditch friend face
Those who can, do. Those who cannot, sue.
Would be really excited to get an invite! saintvsop@gmail.com
If you are willing and able, can you invite kasamhor(at)gmail.com please. Thank you.
I've been using Google+ for a few days now (Yes I will put you in a circle ;) and have a lot to love
;) )".
An emoticon doesn't count as a closing parenthesis. The correct way would be "(Yes I will put you in a circle
Easy to use, uncluttered. the circles thing is great.
Read radical news here
Hi guys, anyone with an invite to spare ? laurent (dot) simon (at) gmail (dot) com
Cheers!
It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.
Would the last person to leave Facebook please turn out the lights?
:-)
P.S. Can anyone spare a G+ invite?
... please voluntarily surrender your geek card immediately. Failure to comply will result in termination of your account with extreme prejudice.
TIA
slashdotUserName (at) gmail.com
So.. it has come to this
jean.frederic.poitras@gmail.com Thanks! :-)
I would absolutely love an invite, I'm so eager to get away from Facebook. jgheld {at} gmail {dot} com.
How buggy is it?
I intend to use Google+ eventually, and I wouldn't mind jumping in now. But I don't want to deal with buggy software, and I do not like beta testing. I want a finished and polished service. If it isn't to that point yet then I'm willing to wait for it; I'm a patient guy.
Genocide Man -- Life is funny. Death is funnier. Mass murder can be hilarious.
...do not care about another goddamn social network and don't want an invite, so: [redacted]@hotmail.com Thanks!!
Grammar nazis are to this community what excrements are to gold.
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.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
"invite please", "can I get an invite?", "me too!"
Did I time warp back to mid-90s AOL? Pathetic feebs.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
allan (at) varrette (dot) net Thank you kindly
I would like an invite please.
tadford at gmail dot com
Thanks
--- Errr......No I don't need more oral sex thank you, Windows goes down on me all the time.
To article's summary, you can gate twitter and Facebook using a Chrome add in called Extended Share +
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oenpjldbckebacipkfbcoppmiflglnib
no comment
If anyone has a spare invite, I'd love to join:
carroll (dot) jason (at) gmail (dot) com
Thanks!
Thank you, I have been invited now.
I won't (can't) sign up until they support Google Apps for Domains users. We can't even use the +1 button yet.
Kevin Rose controls his own domain. I don't think you have the power to auto-forward your Slashdot journal over.
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
Is there a way for me to easily segregate friends into groups and restrict what each of those groups see? What I mean by that is, one of the things that really annoyed me with Facebook was that it was difficult to segregate my co-workers, friends, and family into different groups. With every post, I basically had to manually exclude groups. Obviously there are some pictures that I only want friends to see, some posts that I don't want co-workers but do want friends and family to see, etc. And I don't ever want my co-workers, friends, and family intermingling (I would prefer they not even be able to see each other). I'm tired of hearing my mother complain because one of my college buddies posts a dirty joke on my wall or pic. This kind of stuff was a total pain-in-the-ass with Facebook (especially early on). That SNL skit about the sanitizer service to keep mom from seeing your Facebook posts is a good illustration of just how frustrating that was.
Belying its roots as a fellow-college-student-only social site, Facebook always defaults to "I want everyone to see this! Hell yeah!" Which has made it difficult to use with anyone who wouldn't appreciate hearing my political rants, or seeing pictures of me hammered at some party. There are now ways to manually do this on Facebook, but I was hoping Google+ would come up with something more elegant and automatic.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
If anyone has an extra, lance.shedrick@gmail.com, Thanks!
mlmyerson@gmail.com I've been dying to try it out ( :
An invite would be greatly appreciated. I'm so tired of reading about Google Plus and not having the ability to get in! badluckjack (at) gmail (dot) com
WOW. That seriously took 2 minutes. Thanks guys!
misfitzanti gmail
If anyone has an invite send to rvhoyt at gmail.com if you can.
krindel (at) gmail (dot) com
Coming which way? What e-mail address?
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
If it's a welfare grab for Google+ invites, I'll pleasantly accept one; bardez at gmail com
Perception is the thin dividing line between reality and fiction.
I had a homepage once. Let's not go back to FrontPage knock-offs, midi sound tracks, loud GIFs, Java applets...
:)
Anyway, as G+ is not to your liking, can I please have your invite?
IndaUK@Gooooooooooooooooooogle.com
This post contains benzene, nitrosamines, formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide.
Would love an invite please. Although it seems like I just might be going for the lesser of two evils here.
slashdot user name at gmail dot com.
Thanks in advance.
If there are still invites floating about - ekasteng (at) gmail (dot) com It's as if I don't have enough to screw around at work and clutter up my phone with with Facebook, Twitter, Slashdot, Fark...........
"You say my way of thinking cannot be tolerated? What of it?"
I would like an Invite (marius dot vandeventer at gmail dot com). I use Facebook mostly because my Wife uses it (mirroring the reason given by a previous post), as well as my old school "friends" (read: guys/gals who thought i was a geek at school) as well as family (pretty important to me). Most of us always seem to rant about how "strange and useless facebook is, but at least we can stay in touch". The most infuriating part about facebook has been the difficulty in finding/setting features. I know there is probably a way to fix these, but the difficulty in finding fixes is part of the frustration: *Some friend's posts just never appear, n o matter how you set the feed/choose which feed/whatever. *Friends who do absolutely nothing on fb all day but play games, but try and unfriend them and they get all teary/huffy (hopefully they won't follow me to G+). *Lists which might as well not be there (circles should be better). *How Do You Use freaking RSS on FB? There is supposed to be a way... *Making sure your security settings are still the way you left them last. Like I said, most of you might come up with "dude, you can fix that, just go to...". The problem is that I cannot seem to get these things done easily, and I am supposed to be a Geek. Hopefully G+ will be a bit more Intuitive.
Thanks for the invites!
Then you have to close google+, add the person to your contacts, and reopen google+. Now you'll be able to add them easily.
Have a look at MySpace. It's a great way of improving your opinion of FaceBook.
I got an invite - Thanks to D. Michael*** - Thank you! Unfortunately right now they're "Overloaded - Try again later"
i received an invite from someone but it says they are at capacity
Thanks, Luís
If anyone's got an extra invite, I've got an email address you can send it to: alexander [dot] keeling [at] gmail [dot] com
Thanks
Could I get an invite from someone please? pandionosprey /at\ gmail.com
I'd appreciate an invite; joseph.dunnigan (gmail) Thank you!
sent out a ton of invites to those listed above
If anyone has one available, I'd love an invite for winters.jason@gmail.com
Really? I've sent invites to people not in my contact list, for whom I just entered the e-mail address and they got it.
For people who have created Google Profiles, it will auto fill in the name, if they have a Gmail address.
What leads you to believe a full name is necessary?
(Curse Slashdot's 1-minute-between-posts filter! It isn't meant for quick replies.)
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
fronk (at) gmx.com Much appreciated
politicians are like babies' nappies: they should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons
Got it thanks!!
clifford (dot) coles (at) gmail
Thanks in advance!
Hi, if there are any invites left, I wouldn't mind it one. jeleal at gmail dot com
Slashdot is full of beggars now... :) This is probably how Web 3.0 looks like and has obviously something in common with 3rd world countries.
Of course I'd like an invite: bradbortree (gmail)
Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined that Sigs are Dangerous to Your Health
I wouldn't mind an invite either, mmangels [at] gmail [dot] com. Thanks
agilityvision to gmail would be much appreciated.
hotandnerdy (at) gmail.com Thanks!
I don't want to turn this into a bigger invite asking thread but it's already there. If anyone wants an invite let me know.
dlg0 (at) me.com
Felicia Day is already on G+, so all is good on the Internet...
https://plus.google.com/110286587261352351537
Some of us get up later in the day and still need invites. Anyone out there still listening and handing them out? jarrodmiller (at) gmail
-Hmm...I got a G+ invite, better remember to remove the request from my sig...-
I sent one.
And to all who request invites. please do us the favour of telling us how many fou got after posting your email on Slashdot :)
Third time is a charm.
If you can talk brilliantly enough about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered.
tjuenemann (at) gmail, please.
I was being tongue in cheek. ;) Then again, that actually would be nice to link my /. profile to G+ (or anywhere), rather than just listing it as a website or contact info.
I8-D
I've been reading /. for years, but not posting. I would love an invite, if someone has an extra one.
mattx3(at)gmail.com
... because I tried and it also wants the person's name. Who knows ... maybe they're trying a "split run" where some can do one thing, and some can do another. It's what I'd be doing if I were running this experiment.
jarrodmiller (at) gmail
b2297 at gmail.com
tjuenemann (at) gmail
done...
Interesting. I've sent 75 invites in the last 30 minutes in response to this thread and it never asked me for a name. Just adding e-mail addresses.
It would be an interesting experiment, though.
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
gael.deest gmail
Many thanks to the kind person sending me one :)
If you have one to spare... (andrew.gehring(gmail)
rubberglove gmail
thanks!
Thanks to abyssalson for getting mine to me so damn quickly.
For conscience is the wound, and there's naught to staunch it
I would be very appreciative of an invite... joeysichol at gmail...
Awesome nerdy news site?
GoogleDot?
Invite sent.
I wouldn't mind an invite either, if someone has one to spare? junkmail at borysow ddot com? =)
Thanks!
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I'd love a chance to try it out if anyone can spare an invite. My email is schmitt dot happens at gmail dot com. Thanks in advance!
If it keeps growing at this rate, by September it will have 64 BILLION PEOPLE!
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
slashdotUID (at) gmail.com
TIA
Kind of hard to send you an invite without more information than "Anonymous Coward Rob (s"
MySpace improved my opinion of Geocities!
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. - Terry Pratchett
I don't mind Google data mining me as long as they keep my perverted searches private, so if someone sends me an invite I'll do my part to to make a MySpace out of Facebook and close my account.
When you have your invite, PLEASE post a follow up to your own request stating that you HAVE the invite.
Not just for out benefit, but for your own inbox' as well.
douglas.barton@gmail.com
there you go, dude
ericrun (gmail)
slashdot UID at that gmail thingy.
Never did get on the FB bandwagon... maybe G+?
Thanks.
Exactly. Did you notice that Facebook feels now like MySpace after using the Android client and seeing "Google+" ?
Even Facebook's colourscheme is the old MySpace.
Wave might have flopped, but this is a Facebook killer. If only I had new friend to add who are interesting and aren't posting cats or baby pixtures...
I think we can keep recursing like this until someone returns 1
I'm probably late, but if there are any invites left I'd love one. tminus42 gmail. TIA
Invite received. Thank you Luis.
Hi luder, any chance you have an extra invite to spare? - shaunwgoodwin (gmail)
fredrik . chabot g mail.com
I'd dig one as well
cushing -at- bitlathe -dot- com
Sent. (#36733912)
If there are any left, I would really like one. Slashdot is AWESOME !!! Thanks. kranzrm (at) gmail
I guess I'm a little late to the party, but if anyone has one to spare, I'd love an invite as well. I'm cunningham.d.a (at) gmail Thanks in advance!
My userid is prime!
bolanster@gmail.com
If I receive one, I'll post here so as to avoid duplicative actions.
I use irony whenever I can, but my shirts are still wrinkled...
geeper gmail thanks
Error reading device 'Signature'. (A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail?
If anyone has an extra invite I would like to check out G+
And could I join the queue of "Me too" requests for an invite? It's my slashdot username in the domain blueyonder.co.uk.
Would love an invite please
martinsgill (gmail)
Only if you're in a generous mood :)
andy.crook@gmail.com
Thanks in anticipation
If I were google sitting on 30+ million usershtey should say to the public we've reached over 10 million in the first week(not untrue)! If they release their numbers like that their competitor(s)(facebook) will be not only shocked but stunned when they go 100% public.
slashdot username (at) gmail
Please, send one to gsturov at gmail Will be much appreciated! Thanks!
much appreciated sjallipalli atat gmail dot com thanks much!
I believe there is already a plugin for chrome (maybe firefox also) that can get twitter and facebook showing up in your stream in google+. I would post links but I just remember seeing posts in google+ from friends that were using said plugins.
Before Google Plus is ready for prime time, Google has a few things they really need to fix with the service
- Make +1 make sense. Currently pages you or others "+1" do not even appear in the stream. They're on a totally different page. This makes the +1 button useless.
- Either get rid of Buzz, or integrate it. it's currently nonsensical that Google is running both, yet Buzz updates don't go into your G+ stream.
- Integration with Google Reader. It sure would be nice if things from my Google Reader showed up in my G+ stream, because then you wouldn't have to leave, and it would facilitate simple sharing. This was a big oversight.
- "Sparks" (AKA Google News) needs to be in your stream. The current implementation is not useful.
- Gate for twitter. Google already has this with Buzz, why on earth did they release G+ without it, I have no clue. It makes me use G+ less because I now have to update two things.
Basically - Google needs to get as much into that stream as possible, and allow the user to filter by subsections if they want - NOT force the data into it's own little islands.
I love to have an invite if someone is willing to send it to me. Thanks ahead of time! kefton (gmail)
eric.leff at gmail.com
I feel like I'm missing the party. Can I have an invite as well?
Karma will reward - I'll invite someone else when I can.
catbeller (at) gmail dot com
Apparently I can't get to Google+ from work, which is stupid since I can get to Facebook. If I remember, I'll send you one when I get home tonight.
Apparently wizard is not a legitimate career path, so I chose programmer instead.
lelanthran at gmail
TIA
I'm a minority race. Save your vitriol for white people.
gsturov at gmail
greghaa AT gmail DOT com
All points of time and space are connected.
mmcmonster@gmail.com
Help! I'm a slashdot refugee.
oops...email addy is aack.thppt at gmail.com
I only mod up parents of "mod parent up" posts...
thank you!
for any kind soul with a spare invite pls. cannonbeachpc atat gmail dotdot com
May the lies we live by make us strong, healthy, happy and wise - Kurt Vonnegut.
If they don't move, I'm stuck with the BookFace.
Sorry, but gray text on gray background is making my eyes bleed.
Would appreciate it if you still have one to spare. At gmail, user name is joeylrios. TIA.
"Already invited? We've temporarily exceeded our capacity. Please try again soon."
With that, what good is an invite anyway?
I'd appreciate an invite. {username} (at) gmail
I'd like an invite, if anyone has one to spare. Username at Hotmail. TIA.
crosseyedatnite (a) gmail dot com
e to the i pi equals negative one
Requesting an invite - address ^^^
That was fast! thanks.
Sent, and please consider adding the awesome Felicia Day to your circles :)
https://plus.google.com/110286587261352351537
Please!
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leo.ran37@gmial.com
jlgoogleplus@btinternet.com
yes, I did just create that for the purpose and create a google account around it.
call me paranoid... but I'm wary of giving any social media too much of an idea who I am.
Anyone with free invites for one saganus00 -a-t- g-e-e-m-a-i-l-.-c-o-m- ?
Thanks!
Slashdot. Unreadable news to annoy nerds. - wonkey_monkey
Requesting an invite to rledfordiii at gee mail dot com
Vescere bracis meis.
If they added some shades of blue that site would look really neat. You know, like a little darker at top and lighter blue in the middle. Just sayin...
All points of time and space are connected.
...it's just because it's NOT Facebook.
I'll take a faceless giant company (who no doubt knows more about me than I do) over some company run by an egotistical dweeb any day.
What do I know, I'm just an idiot, right?
That would be the goon rush :)
You can thank the awesome people over at the SA forums for all those :)
(And I can thank them for my invite!)
Of course, when you get invited by a goon, you can expect that you will be added to a bunch of people's circles quite quickly.
I went from maybe 5-10 goons in a circle to something like 400 now, and I don't see the goon rush stopping anytime soon.
I have been saying for years that facebook is just a fad, just like myspace was, and ICQ, and geocities, and who knows how many others, all of whom were seen as the place to be in their heyday. And yet facebook seemed to entrench itself well enough in the public mindset that I was starting to second guess my judgment.
Now google+ seems to be generating quite a bit of buzz of it's own, and amazingly enough, not just among the tech crowd. My girlfriend (a nurse) was commenting yesterday that all her co-workers were talking about it at work the other night, so maybe Google can really pull this off?
The part that makes this whole launch seems strange though is that what makes a social networking site work properly is the ability to find everyone you know on it, the idea of limiting who can apply seems rather counterproductive. And yet somehow it's working for Google.
Either way, I'm eager to get in and see how it works. I've been periodically checking to see when they open the floodgates, and I suppose I really wouldn't mind an invite either, after all, I do use google for pretty much everything else, (I have my radio callsign (VE6RAH) as my existing account on gmail if anyone is so inclined)
The big question though is one that nobody can answer yet with any certainty... will google+ manage to draw enough people away from facebook... will people who already use facebook for everything see a reason to switch... I guess only time will tell.
phbrown, gmail, 'nuff said
Many thanks!
I'd like an invite, if anyone has one to spare. You can email me at myslashdotusername at gmail or send me slashmail.
"I'd much rather be mistaken as a lesbian by a bigot than be mistaken as a bigot by a lesbian."
Indeed. I run a Wordpress install that works like this. The site is password-protected and not indexed by search engines. The RSS feed uses an obfuscated URL and is also password-protected. I also added a public RSS feed where the posts/comments are essentially empty: it just acts as a 'ping' so people know there is new content. (This is for users who for some reason can't use the password-protected feed.) Everyone can posts text, links, images, videos, etc. It's all private and versatile and customizable. (Both in terms of allowing me/us to customize the site feel/content, and because users can access using whatever web-browser and/or RSS reader they like best.) Works great.
Is such a system scalable? Sorta. If you are a member of many such 'private blogs' you can certainly add them all to your RSS reader and follow them all conveniently. However this is somewhat more clunky than something like Facebook, where another entity takes care of all the admin details for you (both in terms of hosting the content and managing your social subscriptions).
I could easily imagine refining the distributed Web/RSS system... e.g. creating a standard Wordpress plugin that does all of the securing/accounts/RSS in a simple way, using crypto key-pairs instead of passwords (or OpenID or something) so that everyone can just use a single login for the whole social network, rather that creating and manging numerous accounts all over the place. You could even have some big players offer 'one-click' social-network-group-creation (Wordpress.com, etc.) while still inter-operating with those of us who want to run and manage and control our own social-network-group.
So, I think it can be done. However Facebook and now Google+ certainly provide a simpler and easier interface. This will thus attract users and a distributed model will fail to gain traction because the advantages (true privacy and control over your own content) are too nebulous for most users.
Invite sent!
I believe that Google+ allows users to back up all of their data (pictures, posts, whatever), including Google+-specific data like whose in which 'circles'. Can someone correct me?
msaraiva at gmail
alent1234@gmail.com
So, I think it can be done. However Facebook and now Google+ certainly provide a simpler and easier interface. This will thus attract users and a distributed model will fail to gain traction because the advantages (true privacy and control over your own content) are too nebulous for most users.
yep. however it would be relatively easy to write a couple modules for drupal anyway that would provide the missing functionality. I believe the major missing pieces are as follows: something to aggregate comments from syndicated media and syndicate them as well, and something to handle the initial handshake (password exchange) and add an entry to the aggregator to start pulling content. After that, so long as you're pulling from the root feed, the user can even create new content types and expect the primary content (the title and HTML body) to be syndicated to "following" sites.
(I know jack about Wordpress and only so much about drupal, but I have written minor modules, contributed patches, etc)
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Anybody have an invite left? tristanic(at)gmail(dot)com Thanks!
posting AC so you can't link my /. profile to G+ profile :)
me me me me .... oh, wait... I'm already on G+ :)
well I am a dumbass.
done done
camelphace(at) gmail
One invite coming to dumbass at g mail...:)
Thank you very much sir!
I love the fact that "It's the best thing in the world!" right now... and you can't get in! I'm usually really late to these social things (i only got into Facebook a year ago), so maybe I'll get in early this time?
--Pathway
Forgot to post my e-mail address. dmfnr1@gmail.com
If there are still invites going, stuartd at gmail.com would like one very much!
Longtime Facebook holdout here, interested to see the "privacy focused" social hub for myself.
cdevilrun at gmail.com if someone would be so kind.
A slashdot group might actually be fun. I remember a time when the BBS I frequented used to have real life get-togethers.... in the sunlight even! (Electric Cafe based out of Santa Cruz)
"By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began to suspect 'Hungry.'" -Gary Larson
Got it. Thanks to all.
Anyone have an invite they'd be willing to let me in with?? Click the link and then on email please! Thanks!
I'd like an invite, if you still have any.
tony.jewett at gmail
Because it allows you to share nothing with no one. I have an account on joindiaspora, but it's fucking useless. And it takes a lot for me to say that, because I really want to like it.
Hey, I finally got my first freak! Took you long enough!
mdmeier 'at' gmail.com
Thanks!
-Matt
--- Need web hosting?
I find it highly ironic that someone named "Nynaeve70" is grumpy about something. :P
Also, as others have said... post your email and you can get an invite, no prob.
"16MB (fuck off, MiB fascists)" - The Mighty Buzzard
please, maybe? mail at philipkaskela dot com -------- *edit* should probably use my google account eh? philip dot kaskela at gmail dot com
I've love one :)
mdmeier at gmail dot com
Thanks!
-Matt
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miles.mawyer (at) gmail.com
mdmeier at gmail dot com
Thanks!
-Matt
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I'd love one please! jeleal at gmail dot com thanks!
If anyone has a spare invite, I'd appreciate it. organsnyder@gmail.com
(thankful for GMail's excellent spam filtering...)
I've sent you an invite. Good luck.
Making stupid comments so you don't have to.
Sent you an invite. Slashdot's comment system doesn't exactly allow for speedy replies, does it.
Making stupid comments so you don't have to.
Would appreciate an invite.. mdcoffman (at) gmail (dot) com
-MichaelC
If anyone has some left... srochefort (gmail). Thanks!
Got it, thanks.
-MichaelC
Sent you one. Cheers!
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
Sent you one, Michael. Cheers!
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
Much appreciated at gregory -dot- a -dot- brown -at- gmail -dot- com
Just sent an invite, Darren. Enjoy!
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
Sent you one, Darren. (In fact your the second Darren I've invited from this thread). Cheers!
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
if anyone has one left amkroll (gmail)
brian.brianrose (at) gmail
Remember, You are unique...just like everyone else.
I'd love one too: tsivitaler@gmail.com Thanks!
If anyone has a spare invite left, I'd appreciate one. shimmoril at gmail. Thanks!
Just sent the invite. Cheers!
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
spare invite? I'd love one. travismharris at gmail. Thanks!
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If your angry about not being able to get in to G+, just let me know your email address, and I'll invite you. No need to go all nerd-rage on us...
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
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You've done been invited. Cheers!
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
mikjac at gmail dot com
Yeah, it really fell through for them with Gmail, it seems. /facepalm
... if anyone still needs them
Just sent you one. Enjoy!
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
For aikiplayer01 at gmail. Thanks!!!
Looking for an invite too! Thank you.
G u p p e h (at) gm
Just sent you one. Cheers!
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
Got it - thanks!!!
puts Baby in a Circle!!
someone else was kind enough to invite me, so I am returning the favour...
Invite is on its way... Cheers!
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
This is a situation where one synonym for "hype" is "curiosity." There isn't any way to understand WTF Google+ really is (from a user's point of view (*)) unless you check it out.
I'm surprised that anyone is surprised about all the signups. The large signups doesn't mean people lik-- um I mean-- +1 the service. It just means they're taking look. Google is significant on the web, no matter what else you think of them.
(*) And yes, of course it's worth thinking about what it might be, from Google's point of view, before you start leaking new information.
As copyright owner of this comment, I authorize everyone to defeat any technological measure which limits access to it.
If Slashdot loves it, I can already predict they will not get very many Facebook users to convert. Those are two different audiences.
toplanetdan (gmail) id like to try it out. thanks!
I'd love to get an invite! Dissolution (at) gmail (dot) com Thanks! -Tim
-Dissolution of Eternity-
Invite has been sent, Tim. Cheers!
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
Sent, the invite has been. Enjoy this, I hope you do... Cheers!
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
Once you get your own invite here, don't forget to share the love. Note that there is no limit on how many people you can invite (it's not like it was with GMail), though there seems to be a global counter that throttles new registrations - so those who get your invite may not be able to use it immediately.
To invite someone, simply make a new G+ post ("Share" in top right corner), and put the email of the person you want to get in the invite is listed in the "people to share with" textbox. If you want to invite several people at once, you can put them all in a circle (you can put arbitrary emails into your circles, they don't have to be registered with G+) and then make a new post shared with that circle. They will get the invite shortly, and you can then delete the post if you want.
I would be very appreciative of an invite. My username here on slashdot @chalsall.com
cameronrossjohnson
Thank you very much!!!
I would dearly enjoy an invite also also if anyone has one left. Email is james.voils at gmail.com Thanks
I need invitation please askarali (at) gmail (dot) com
http://askaralikhan.blogspot.com/
shahdino gmail
Please and thank you!
If anyone has it available: russcenter(at)gmail(dot)com
I'd love an invite if there are still some available. slvrdagger at gmail dot com
mr.peepoo@gmail.com
Another Facebook holdout here. Many thanks!
duval{dot}jerome (at) gmail {dot} com
mberry60 (at) gmail.com
I'd be very grateful for an invite. zionpsyfer at gmail.
I'll believe in corporations having personhood when Texas executes one... - advocate_one
Got it, thanks!
why not ask, invite please? scorpionx ( a ) gmail DOT com
Thanks Vlad!
Thanks a million! -T
-Dissolution of Eternity-
Exponential growth, thanks to Slashdot! Your invite has been sent.
I wouldn't mind an invite. allan.savolainen (gmail).
- Raynet --> .
jason /at/ thechambers # dot # us
Respond here and I'll get you one.
There is no "I disagree" mod for a reason. Flamebait, Troll, and Overrated are not substitutes.
Thank you! :-)
I wonder how many people here are receiving multiple invites? Sent.
keldair@gmail.com Thank you!
I would love an invite! gwstephens@gmail.com
Hold on. cmdrtaco has kids? Mind = blown.
I would kindly take an invite sungawd(gmail)
Thanks for including me in your circle david.c.mann on gmail.com
My wife, a public school teacher, would *never* consider allowing her students past and present to be Facebook friends.
With G+ and its circles, the idea of including students in her online social network is now more amenable. Teachers will now be able to reach out to students past and present in profound ways: topical blogging, supplemental curriculum, links to educational material and news articles—and no worries about pics from college days, dubious turpitude, or expressions of personal beliefs. It has been a wise school-district policy to not use any online social networking services to interface with students, but with circles, perhaps this policy can be revisited.
mikecase00@gmail.com
I've wanted to try out their service since it started. I'd love to have an invite!
I'm user "scurrie" at the "dccnet.com" domain.
to rototor _at_ rototor _dot_ de
Thanks!
I would be much obliged - my username is mrb137 at gmail dot com thanks
I'd sure appreciate it, thanks! lastrhino at gmail dot com
THANKS CHRIS! =)
Think about it: You only go there if there are people you know. Having users invite others works both for Google and for the users: Google has crowdsourced the marketing and the users can invite all those they want to see there.
Well done, Google.
I'm still waiting for a version that works with Google Apps.
kthxbai
We have the best government that money can buy.
A big thank you to anyone who has invites left, I am tomi and the domain is asiaa dot org.
THanks!
- Raynet --> .
kerry dot paulson at gmail Thanks
Hello! I would love an invite if anyone has any spare... Thanks in advance!
thinduke(gmail)
zyxyx [at] hotmail.com Thank you very much !
I'd love one if they're still be given out - my username at gmail. Thanks!
Hyper-ultra-fast... thank you so much !
I would like an invite, if someone has a spare: alyawn@gmail
Awesome, thanks!
mip004 [at] aucklanduni [dot] ac [dot] nz
thanks
"I just can't sit while people are saying nonsense in a meeting without saying it's nonsense" J Watson, Sci Am 288:(4)51
So did everyone on slashdot get an invite already? Or do you need one? Reply with an e-mail and ill try to get ya one asap
fizzog (gmail)
Many thanks!
Sry it took so long. Your invite should be in your inbox
Can anyone make me feel like a winner? spam@adamnorman.com —it'll get there.
Duno but i get only one valid invite after this post.
http://askaralikhan.blogspot.com/
vaicys (gmail) Thank you!
looking for a g+ invite. will spread any I get to my friends, and try to check back here and spread some more kyfho23 (at at) gmail.com
Hoshino.ruri(at)gmail
I would also like an invite please.
Because nothing wrong can happen if I post my email address online. Right?
Right?
this is one way to get a long time lurker to post. jj.bastion at gmail.com
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To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
Everyone moans about facebook's privacy failures, then happily puts their email addresses here just to get a chance to boost Google's advertising revenue. Amazing.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
Sorry to bother you, but the Buzz and din on Plus seems to be !hellacious! If you don't mind, I'd love an invite.
com.unixen@2011
Thanks.
xafods(at)gmail(dot)com Let's keep passing it on.
But I hate feeling left out :p. I wouldn't mind seeing what all the fuss is about; I've got an email for such things that's the same as my slashdot username, at gmail.
And no, I don't care if everyone knows that; that's sort of the whole *point* of a public email address. You could easily guess it anyway, given, you know, it's my screen name everywhere, @ the most popular email provider.
Would really like to be able to evaluate it.
Hey, Arthur -- if you've still got any to hand out, feel free to send one my way: ken@jots.org.
Thanks much!
-Ken
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My kingdom for an invite! I'll persuade my parents you won't be too much bother in the basement.
My kingdom for an invite! I'll persuade my parents you won't be too much bother in the basement.
And... my email is wahming.at.gmail
Silly me
Anyone have any Google+ invites for me?? Cheers