Anyone else on Google+? :)

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

I'd love an invite if anyone has any. Love the "circles" idea. My main gripe with FB has always been that everyone gets the same information. This way I can isolate things from my boss and elderly relations LOL.

Just a little social butterfly aren't you?

I'm interested, but really have not participated in any social sites (other than forums and book sites). Will be interesting seeing how this effort by Google develops.

I don't know if I've gotten an invite or not but if someone will do the deal, I'll join up and check it out.

TIA

[maianhvk]

just send one of us your email adress and then the invitation's on the way!

er, I think you will have to wait for some time because according to Terminator, the server is full for now.

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Just a little social butterfly aren't you?

I'm interested, but really have not participated in any social sites (other than forums and book sites). Will be interesting seeing how this effort by Google develops.

I don't know if I've gotten an invite or not but if someone will do the deal, I'll join up and check it out.

TIA

LOL Kenny yes I am.....

Originally Posted by maianhvk

just send one of us your email adress and then the invitation's on the way!

er, I think you will have to wait for some time because according to Terminator, the server is full for now.

I still have invites. They've been turning them off if they're full. Kenny, did you get one or do you want me to send you one?

ETA: And Anh, I found you

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

LOL Kenny yes I am.....



I still have invites. They've been turning them off if they're full. Kenny, did you get one or do you want me to send you one?

ETA: And Anh, I found you

I'm in (with my gmail address) thanks to Anh...

Thanks!

[phenomshel]

Yep, and you found me, LOL.

[kennyc]

I'm already overwhelmed. This new-fangled social media stuff .... I tell ya!

[Ditchleyportrait]

will still use their other services. at least they didn't force it on us like they did last time.

[kennyc]

Honestly, I'm not seeing much in it.....though I appreciate the invite....I'll likely drop it.

[phenomshel]

LOL well you don't know til you try, Kenny!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

LOL well you don't know til you try, Kenny!

Well, I've had a look around.

Now what's difficult is that it appears to be very easy to delete ALL your google accounts not just google+ if you aren't careful and I certainly don't want to do that.

P.S. I did delete/remove myself. I'm just not the target audience I don't think.

I get too much social interaction right here.

[6charlong]

I haven’t used Facebook because I could never figure out why I should want to create a dossier on myself and put it on the Internet. I did go over to Google+ and I read through their brief tour. I thought it might have possibilities for bibliophiles.

I find I do trust Google more than most other big businesses and that includes trusting their technology and their staff with my data. And the site seems to have some promise although I don’t think I fit their targeted audience for meet-ups and socializing with friends. I wondered, however, if it couldn’t be used to find and discuss literature and ideas.

Finding the good books has always been the hard part for me (I finish reading less than half the books I buy). A live forum might work better than the static approach of bulletin board approach and the customer reviews.

Barnes and Noble caught my attention when they added “social features” to the nooks. Not to criticize the nooks (I love mine) but live discussions like Google+’s “huddles” and “circles” piping book ideas to people with similar interests through "circles" might work better than static features alone.

I don’t wish to hijack this thread but is anyone else thinking along those lines?

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by 6charlong

I haven’t used Facebook because I could never figure out why I should want to create a dossier on myself and put it on the Internet. I did go over to Google+ and I read through their brief tour. I thought it might have possibilities for bibliophiles.

I find I do trust Google more than most other big businesses and that includes trusting their technology and their staff with my data. And the site seems to have some promise although I don’t think I fit their targeted audience for meet-ups and socializing with friends. I wondered, however, if it couldn’t be used to find and discuss literature and ideas.

Finding the good books has always been the hard part for me (I finish reading less than half the books I buy). A live forum might work better than the static approach of bulletin board approach and the customer reviews.

Barnes and Noble caught my attention when they added “social features” to the nooks. Not to criticize the nooks (I love mine) but live discussions like Google+’s “huddles” and “circles” piping book ideas to people with similar interests through "circles" might work better than static features alone.

I don’t wish to hijack this thread but is anyone else thinking along those lines?

If the point is reading/literature check out goodreads and librarything!

[6charlong]

Originally Posted by kennyc

If the point is reading/literature check out goodreads and librarything!

I've tried Goodreads, I even have the app for it on my Nookcolor, but it's still a static medium. That's sort of okay--it's good for posting news items and it's all we've had for a long time. I was just wondering whether live discussions in something like "Huddle" wouldn't make it easier to exchange views, especially when you could create circles of people who are interested in the same genre or type of book, author, period, subject, etc. Possibly that goes beyond what a social site is meant to do.