Hey Karen, G+ invites seem to be pouring out because those Circle notifications seem to be *pouring *in. In my initial excitement, I'm sure I clicked one or two of those before really checking it out and understanding what I was getting myself into. Firstly, let me say that I'm personally so integrated with Gmail/Calendar/Docs/Analytics/Webmaster Tools/YouTube/etc. that I hardly have any new Google privacy concerns and certainly none that Facebook's debacles haven't already prepped me for.
That being said, I'm approaching G+ more like a Facebook do-over--that is, I'm not reciprocating every Circle add that comes my way and certainly not for folks I would consider acquaintances, my clients, ancient school-mates or anyone else that I frankly don't want so closely integrated within my online life and workflow. That's what Facebook and Twitter are for and the more time I've spent on FB since G+ launched, the more I want to reserve this new space for the folks I really want such a level of interaction with. I'm personally very excited about it, not as a Facebook or Twitter killer--those services suddenly have a much clearer context--but, instead as a new tool for the types of deep, curated, group interactions I can't get from either of those services. Circles are great, but Huddles are just plain awesome. Cheers, Art Thompson, Jr Logical Things, Inc design + technology + strategy 512-777-1158 [email protected] www.logicalthings.com - Founded 2000. We design, build and host Microsites, Landing Pages, Eblasts and whatever comes Next. - Need to send large files? dropbox.yousendit.com/logicalthings - Wanna connect? facebook.com/logicalthings linkedin.com/in/logicalthings twitter.com/logicalthings - On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Karen Kreps <[email protected]>wrote: > I got an invite to join the beta testers of Google+ (it will be publicly > available at the end of this month) and I started to use it. Then I had > second thoughts. Do I want Google to know who all my friends, clients, > relatives are and every detail of my likes and dislikes? Do I want to spend > my valuable time organizing that info for Google? I know gmail is not > private and I assume Google will control all that info that I volunteer and > that my friends contribute. It may too late, they may already know vastly > more about myself than I realize, but I hesitate to use Google+ > > I have since then received a dozen requests from friends to connect to > their circles on Google+. Part of me wishes to respond quickly and accept > their invitations, but I have concerns. > > Would you care to share a few thoughts about this? Do we just accept that > there is no privacy left in life and go with the herd? I'd especially > welcome comments from security experts. > > TIA. > > KK > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
