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Google Begins To Merge Google+, Gmail Contacts

Posted by samzenpus on from the make-it-one dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google today announced new integration between Gmail and Google+ that sees your social connections show up in auto-complete when you're composing an email. Google says the feature is rolling out "over the next couple of days" to everyone that uses Gmail and Google+."

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  1. Great.... by olsmeister · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Spam City, here we come. Why is this opt-out instead of opt-in? Because nobody would want it.

    1. Re:Great.... by Dachannien · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Why is this opt-out instead of opt-in? Because nobody would want it.

      Oh, wait, you're talking about Google. For a second there, I thought you were talking about Slashdot Beta.

    2. Re:Great.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Obviously, since Google is the only company providing Google+ and Gmail.

      Your pedantry aside, they are dominant in the areas of email and video sharing which are the places they are forcing Google+ integration.

    3. Re:Great.... by swillden · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Spam City, here we come.

      Do you circle a lot of people who will spam you?

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  2. Easy enough to disable by barlevg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Though the obvious response is, "for now."

  3. Re:bad bad idea by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You aren't actually forced to use G+

    Most Slashdotters aren't actually forced to do much of anything, but that doesn't stop them from bitching about just about everything.

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  4. I only want to use GMail. Don't want Google+ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just give me GMail.

    Why is it so hard for Google to give me something I want and not something that I don't want?

    Or is this part of Google's plans to increase their Google+ numbers by forcing everyone with GMail to become part of Google+?

    Give it a break Google.

    You were cool.

    But now you're becoming annoying.

  5. Re: Great by Monoman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Mistakenly use the wrong account ONE time and you probably won't be able to undo the mess it will cause. I didn't like it when my "smart" phone linked my contacts and social apps and I don't like the idea of G+,FB, etc doing things auto-magically for me either.

    This crap is just chasing me away from Gmail and G+.

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  6. Re: Great by AvitarX · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There's plenty of things on YouTube that I would be embarassed for the world to know I saw I'm sure. Tame or not.

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    Wow, sent an e-mail as suggested when clicking on "use classic" banner, and got a fast response that addressed my msg