I’m getting really tired of the complaints about he/she/they/Google didn’t do it right.
There is no right.
Share it. Post it direct. Do an interpretive dance of it. None of it actually matters.
The popular people try to tell everyone else how to be successful at G+. The less popular whine about the popular people. And then there are the hall monitors.
All of you… get the stick out your ass.
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I have to agree. I like G+ for what it is. But also use Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Pick the right tool for the right job. One took isn’t enough.
I keep hoping for a social platform like Seinfeld, where nothing really matters. I had thought that after a few months the unrelenting Google+ posts would end and life would get back to, well life. It seems there’s still a healthy appetite for discussing where, rather than what, we share.
We’re curious as to what defines popular and successful. Is it quantity of people or quality of people?
We personal consider ourselves popular and successful. Everyone that has us circled are great people to engage with and they engage back. To us, that’s being popular and successful.
K. I’m going to go off and watch a kitty and dalek battle.
Well the people who whine seem to mainly gauge it by number of circlers. Which seems to miss the point rather.
The whole thing is silly. It’s not a race or any sort of competition. It doesn’t matter to me how anyone else chooses to use G+.
Here’s the thing, well based on what we’ve seen [ you may of seen different ], people don’t realize that G+ isn’t a social network. It’s a social platform. Even the Google folks have tried to reinforce this. G+, and the other Google products tied in with it, is meant to be a tool for you to use to your advantage.
We obviously use it as a business tool, our founder uses it as a way to talk to the community and goof off, some of the authors that we work with / talk to are using it as a marketing tool, others are using it as a gaming network, virtual gathering place for hobbies and interests.
G+ is not fixed in its use. It can morph to whatever social tool you want it to be. Depending on what you use it for and how you use G+ will determine if you are popular or successful. If it works for how you use it then you’re successful and popular.
I’m sorry, I can’t help it if I’m popular #smirk But, seriously, some people just like to complain. I’m here for the cake and the fun.
The cake is a lie.
+42wd Publishing LLC Nuh uh
Wait… there’s cake?
No one offered me cake!
Damn A listers with their cake.
Look this is G+ it’s all about sharing. If people bring cake they should share it. There’s even a button!
It’s +Susan Lewis’s fault. We think she’s hiding it. We have people currently stalking her…we mean investigating her.
+Eoghann Irving I always share the cake. Always. +42wd Publishing LLC is just trying to cause problems…again. Now, what kind of cake would you like?
When it comes to cake I’m not too fussy +Susan Lewis. Chocolate’s always good. Or Red Velvet cake.
Mainly just lots of frosting.
Us? Create conversation stirring commentary? Never! [ collectively looks innocent ]
Whispering: Are they buying it?
+Eoghann Irving I stole the cake…it wasn’t originally mine
+Eoghann Irving Here you go — Red Velvet with extra frosting! +42wd Publishing LLC Some will buy it Now, do you want some cake too?
I’m being investigated.…again? (sigh) Well then, I should eat some more cake. +Slade O’Brien That’s OK, I’ll make more.
On behalf of 42wd Publishing I’ll accept the cake and make sure everyone here that deserves it gets some.
Wait, what did we do?
+Doc Harvard Fair enough. Here you go…Red Velvet with extra frosting.
Hmm, some interesting perspectives here. Like any social network, there’s plenty to love or hate, depending on what you’re trying to get out of it. But over the past several weeks I’ve observed we can only expect to get as much out of this community as we put into it.
I had a job several years ago where a former boss said to me, “never bring me a problem unless you’ve also explored potential solutions.”
OK, now I’m going back to my own corner, to do my interpretive dance. 8^)
Sorry, I missed that while doing my interpretive dance.
There will be G+ers whose aim is to get the largest number of circlers. They’re the same people who have 4,892 Friends on Facebook. Ignore ‘em. They miss the point.
It’s all a bunch of hullaballoo … I just do it how I want and ignore what does not amuse me … Everyone will figure it out and I figure the “your not doing it right” types can just “do it right” outta my stream .. block/uncircle … I love the G
If you like red velvet, have you tried red velvet waffles? I’m sure all those divots would be excellent for holding in extra frosting. Which reminds me, I haven’t eaten any frosting in far too long. Maybe that’s why I’m so pissy today.
Mmmm frosting.… (completely distracted now)
<~~~handing +Mz Maau and +PJ Perdue each a bowl of frosting.