G+
Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 10:54AM I joined GooglePlus (G+) in beta. At the time, ONLY tech users were active on G+. I invited several friends, but none of them are active G+ users. The reason was simple: noone else they knew where on G+ and I'm sure the just now got their parents used to Facebook! I really didn't use it much either. The point of the entire "social" network was lost on me due to the lack of integration into other google servcies and users that I had a real relationship with. It was all "tech industry" heavy and tech news posts filled my stream.
This was useless for me. I have a google reader stream FULL of the sources everyone was posting, so I already read them. I read it daily on Flipboard. G+ was just another Flipboard or "GoogleReader Tech" Stream that was curated by its users.
And then it happened: I found other Foodies on G+! Not just people that like food, but people who wrote about food, posted photos of food and even cooked LIVE via Google Hangout. Now THIS was something I could get in to and VERY excited about. I created a circle of these Foodies. With a few interatctions, I was circled in other people's G+ circles and people began sharing those circles and vuala a G+ user was born!
What was the switch that flipped?
Connection with like minded users -- amateurs, professionals, and everyone inbetween. I still have some difficulty starting a conversation, but commenting on their posts can often lead to awesome discussion & interaction (not limited to 140 characters). The problem now is that there are SO MANY people following SO MANY other people that your comment or post can be easily lost similar to other social networks.
Circles will Win
In the future, more people will began limited their circles and posts will become deeper & more involved. I've also started organizing and sorting my circles into "Food Posters" and "Foodies" (those who love to read about food) and "Shared Foodies" (foodie circles that have been shared by others). I have a circle, in a circle, in a circle. Here is a little graphic that will help explain what I mean:
I'd love to hear your comments about how you are organizing your circles and what you think about G+! Find me on G+ and put me in your FOOD & Tech circles!
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Reader Comments (2)
Answer me please what is this Foodies??
Foodies used to be referred to as "Food Curators" or "Food Enthusiasts" who also usually love to cook and create.