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Google Trying to Lure Celebs to Google+

Posted by samzenpus on from the time-to-play-endorsementville dept.

alphadogg writes "Part of the buzz this week about Google+ is that Google is reportedly working to lure celebrities such as Lady Gaga to its new social network service with verified accounts. Not sure if tech big shots beyond Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg count as celebrities, but the list of the technology industry's biggest names using Google+ is on the rise. Dell chief Michael Dell – yes, the real Michael Dell — has grabbed headlines for his early enthusiasm for Google+ and interest in using it as a newfangled customer support and interaction tool. Open source movers and shakers like Linus Torvalds, Miguel de Icaza are also posting away."

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  1. Mark Shuttleworth by grantek · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they can get Mark Shuttleworth on board, they'll have Google+ replacing Thunderbird in Ubuntu by the next release...

    1. Re:Mark Shuttleworth by blair1q · · Score: 3, Funny

      Isn't he going to replace the Linux Kernel in Ubuntu with Skype, too?

  2. Pointless bets by Hsien-Ko · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bill Gates will use it and be friends with Linus. Can't wait to see his profile...

    1. Re:Pointless bets by loshwomp · · Score: 3, Informative

      "people I wish to see die in the most painstakingly way possible"

      Sounds very thorough, but I don't think it means what you think it means.

  3. Proven Strategy by Xaositecte · · Score: 3, Funny

    It worked for Scientology after all.

    Does this mean Google is finally evil, though?

  4. Re:It's not that much better than facebook by Literaphile · · Score: 5, Informative

    Google+ seems to have inherited several of these problems. And it provides no means for pointing them out to the development team...

    ... there's a "send feedback" button on the bottom right of every page.

  5. Re:It's not that much better than facebook by mgscheue · · Score: 4, Informative

    And it's pretty nice, too. It takes a screenshot and allows you to highlight what items you're talking about in your note.

  6. Re:Lady Gaga? by Baseclass · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I just canceled my Facebook account (member since 2006), I will not be giving up my personal information to the king of data collection. No thank you.
    Yes, Google is my default search engine but googleanalytics, recaptcha and googleapi are blocked.

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  7. Geek celebrities by Ruke · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Both Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day are pretty active users of Google+. I know that these people aren't going to draw in your everyday user, but I'm sure entertained by Wesley Crusher posting videos of cats on the internet.

  8. Re:All you need to know... by Oliver+Wendell+Jones · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Oh, you're dissing Google... that's going to land you in Circle #6 (Heresy)...

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  9. Re:Lady Gaga? by Baseclass · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Social networking offers up far more information than name and gender my friend.

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  10. Re:Here's an idea by Verteiron · · Score: 3, Funny

    Then you get sent an unsolicited invite. Check your inbox.

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