Google+

[BeBop]

Just got an invitation. Not sure I'll do anything with it. (I never did do the Facebook thing, though I had used My Space and...Friendster).

[Big Wheel]

Just got an invitation. Not sure I'll do anything with it. (I never did do the Facebook thing, though I had used My Space and...Friendster).

IMO it is better than Twitter and Facebook. The privacy controls are much more intuitive than Facebook's, and they are more flexible than Twitter's. And the longer form is a clear plus over Twitter. And the ancillary features (Hangouts primarily) beat the pants off anything the others have to offer.

The problem is the network effect. Facebook's user base is just too huge and the appeal of any new social network is greatly diminished unless half your friends have already realized how much better it is. That hasn't really happened yet, so Google+ still feels insular and quiet.

[B. Goren.]

According to my son (18), it is much better than FB.

[GregK]

I can't get in. Guess I'm not part of the cool crowd.

I thought they had shut it down to new members, even those with invitations, due to the flood of people trying to join? Has it opened back up?

[7/4]

I'm on +, but what's the point? It's not as popular as FB so there aren't as many people on it. It needs a mobile version for me to use on my Blackberry.

[GregK]

I'm on +, but what's the point? It's not as popular as FB so there aren't as many people on it. It needs a mobile version for me to use on my Blackberry.

They still make Blackberrys?

There is an Android app for Google+. Probably an iPhone one too.

[.:.impossible]

I'm there. So far (over 6 weeks) three things have happened. Not much doin.