That’s right… I’m in Google+… totally socially networked now. Are you impressed? I’m overwhelmed!
Just when I was getting accustomed to using my twitter handle @leslie12002 (which I still use in my signatures and is a great way to reach me) along comes the new social network, Google+. Thank goodness I have connections and was able to get past the bouncer at the door. Now I’m at the club, just had my first trip to the bar but still watching the crowd to see what’s up. Not sure I’m ready to get out on the dance floor yet. Don’t want to give away all my moves until I’m sure this is a place I want to hang out. Also I haven’t quite figured out yet all the security issues, the bouncer seems like a capable and reasonably good guy but will he be there if I get in trouble?
My first thoughts are to keep this social network for my cool, socially connected friends who share relevant information with a twist of humor. What I don’t want is another invitation to Farmville. I’m a big city girl after all… or is that wicked city woman? I started with just my immediate contacts in my circles, and then I found a list of all the Google employees and decided I had to have a circle for them. Is there a limit to circles? Can I assign which circles come into my home stream? What I really need is a HootSuite for Google+… has anyone found one?
Looking over my 2 week old Google+ ecosystem… I now have 13 circles created thus far, 128 people in my circles with 32 people adding me to their circles. I have no idea how these people found me or why they want me in their circle, I’m not sharing relevant or witty information yet (remember, still at the bar). My first instinct is that they want to sell/send/spam something to me or even worse – stalk me! (Of course I intend to use it for recruiting purposes, after all my momma didn't raise no dumb babies.)
The jury is still out on Google+… for now I’ll continue to monitor my stream and selectively add to my circles. I'm open to suggestions and creative solutions. Let me know if you have anything that will sway me, all I need is a good reason to bust a move!
1 comment:
Leslie,
There is no cap on the number of people in a specific circle. You can, however, only circle 5,000 people total. As for assigning which circles come into your homepage, you can do that sort of. On the left you have the names of your circles listed. Just click on a circle and it will only show you people's posts from THAT circle. It's easy to hop around between circles that way.
Good luck!
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