{"id":1979,"date":"2011-07-08T13:48:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T20:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/breyeschow\/?p=1979"},"modified":"2011-07-08T14:02:04","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T21:02:04","slug":"google-plu-review-creating-circles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/breyeschow\/2011\/07\/08\/google-plu-review-creating-circles\/","title":{"rendered":"Google+ Review II and Creating Circles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The Google+ roll-out\u00a0continues with mixed reaction. Some are certainly\u00a0frustrated\u00a0by the inability to actually join, thus reinforcing Google\u2019s\u00a0ability to create an atmosphere of\u00a0scarcity while others are fully jumping in hoping that this might indeed be a viable alternative to privacy-fickly facebook.<\/p>\n

Big \u201cups\u201d to those who have been oozing serious social media mojo and are maintaining twitter and facebook\u00a0interactions\u00a0all the while diving head first into Google+. If there were social media geek badges to hand out, you would all get one . . . you know who you are and we love you.<\/p>\n

I still think that the rise or fall of Google+ will be how other google apps are\u00a0integrated\u00a0into the rest of the google+ structure. \u00a0There is a rumor that both blogger and picasa are going to be rebranded<\/a>, so I am hopeful that Google is making some good decisions about app integration.<\/p>\n

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After my first review<\/a>, I find myself \u00a0standing right in the middle of the, \u201cSeriously, another social media network?\u201d people and the \u201cWoot! Shiny! Never received a beta invite I didn\u2019t\u00a0accept\u201d people. \u00a0 I signed up and have helped get folks invited, but I have yet to really take much time to play with the features. \u00a0I have posted a few times and the interaction has been good because of the small number of people I am connected to at this point. \u00a0It seems as if how one places folks into circles will greatly determine how rewarding the google+\u00a0experience\u00a0will be. PC MAg calls Circles, The Dumbest Thing About Google+<\/em><\/a> but I do think that, despite the tedious nature of building one\u2019s circle\u00a0structure, it will be a useful feature.<\/p>\n

The default\u00a0circles\u00a0are the following:<\/p>\n