Google+

[Belasco]

Google+ (Google's competitor to Facebook) is still in an invite-only beta phase but is getting rave reviews. A co-worker of mine got his invite today and is loving it. I usually get invites early from Google too. If I get an invite or two to hand out, who is interested?

It looks to be far less cluttered, easier to use, more private, and more advanced than Facebook.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/28/google-invite-received-we-go-hands-on/


Google is really looking to set itself apart from the pack with its "Circles" feature (that it has denied in the past). You see, Google lets you create groups, or, "Circles," to which you can add and remove contacts. This means that you can separate your work buddies from your drinking buddies -- or, "epic bros" as Google suggests categorizing them. Google's also tapping into its many algorithms to suggest contacts to be added to Circles, much like it does with emails in Gmail -- though you can still add contacts directly by email address should you so desire. The process of creating new Circles and physically dragging contacts into them is quite dynamic -- we're definitely impressed with the interface.




Plus' "Hangout" feature has its sights firmly set on Skype's multi-user video chat. Once the plug-in is installed, clicking the button will deliver a note to your followers' stream letting them know that you're "hanging out." Clicking the button triggers a Skype-like window with the faces of those you're chatting with. Whoever has the floor appears in the main window -- and like the aforementioned service, it allows for text chat along the side. Unsurprisingly, the feature also offers YouTube integration, letting users collaboratively watch videos and create running commentaries in the chat -- or verbally using that new Google Voice Search tech.



//crosses fingers in the hope this won't
// be a repeat of the Google Wave fiasco...

[Dr. P]

I totally want in. FUCK Spacebook!

[Franks n Beans]

F this. I'm making my OWN social site. MyFace.

[katnipgrrl]

Me, I guess. Only if monkeys in clothes are involved...

[Belasco]

This is SFJ. Monkeys wearing clothing WILL be involved.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

I totally want in. FUCK Spacebook!

I love how you keep referring to Facebook/myspace as "Spacebook" as if you're nailing the two sites with a heavy insult. I bet after every reference, you say "ooohh burn" too. lol

Hey Diddy, toss me an invite.

[Heap]

You guys arguing whether or not Facebook is gayer than Twitter or that Twitter is gayer than Facebook is like arguing whether or not it's more homo to be a "pitcher" or "catcher."

[Franks n Beans]

So now I know what your avatar infers.

[Dr. P]

:score:

For reference -at the time of this posting, Heaps has a baseball player in his av.


Besides, everyone knows it's gayer to catch.

[Booze]

Where I come from, it's the Postman & the Letter Box. The Pitcher & the Catcher sounds gay.

[melon]

If thats Andy Van Slyke (Heaps av), he was an outfielder. So, that makes him a tranny or something?

[Franks n Beans]

Yeah he certainly aint catching the ball though.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Where I come from, it's the Postman & the Letter Box. The Pitcher & the Catcher sounds gay.

Shit, everything sounds gay where you come from.

[Franks n Beans]

Well yeah. They still have a Princess.

[Booze]

Anyone got involved with this yet? It's the future.

[Dr. P]

Hot girls on Twitter are begging for invites. They sure ain't plentiful. What a great marketing method!

[Belasco]

P, were you on twitter when one of our followers did a "tweetoff" where he judged his favorite tweets? He asked that people use #tweetoff as the hashtag. during the day we all discovered that #tweetoff is used by hot, norwegian, teen girls use to signify they're going to bed. You should type that in your search sometime.

[Dr. P]

No, I wasn't online for that. What time is it in Norway?

[Belasco]

It's about 4:30am there now. Sometimes #tweeton is used when they wake up.

Back on topic... I just got in to Google+. I'll start sending invites when I get them.

[Dr. P]

The hot girls bitching about it on Twitter both said they did, too. "Thanks for all the invites, y'all!" I swear I hate the human race sometimes.

[Belasco]

Invites have been sent to:

Dr. P
Booze
The Sav
Katnpgrrl

Am I missing anyone so far?

Just because I sent the invite, doesn't mean you'll get them right away. I was sent an invite 5 days ago and got in tonight. Google is rolling this out very slowly.

[Dr. P]

I got the invite, clicked on your profile, but don't see anywhere to set up my own...

[Belasco]

All I can say is, "keep trying".

Go to http://plus.google.com to request an invite. I hear it helps if you have a gmail account.

[Belasco]

ohhh... nice. I hate not being able to edit posts on FB.

http://i54.tinypic.com/124zv34.jpg

[Dr. P]

All I can say is, \"keep trying\".

Go to http://plus.google.com to request an invite. I hear it helps if you have a gmail account.

Keep trying WHAT!?! There's a link to your profile, your circles, and one dude that has you in a circle. Nothing else to click, look at, read, or do. Google Plus sucks.

[Belasco]

Keep visiting the link. It took 5 days for me to finally get access.

[Dr. P]

OH, gotcha. I thought by "keep trying" you meant keep trying my options. Somehow, it chose my LyleChipChipperson gmail account. I made it for Shavemeister accounts.

[Belasco]

lmao

If you have a real Gmail account, I suggest you use that and try to log in every once in a while.

http://plus.google.com/

[katnipgrrl]

Thank you Belasco, I am patiently waiting for the invite to let me into the actual Google+

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Hopefully you won't get the same kind of treatment that you received from Taco.

[Heap]

Lmao So how does catnipwhore leapfrog someone like a JD on the swj totem pole?

[Jdiggity Dee]

All signs point to boobies.

[katnipgrrl]

Catnip whore?

[Belasco]

Dont mind Heaps, kng. the bitterness comes from spending his youth confined to a PVC chariot of his own design. If you have any foreman grills you need converted into a smoker... Heaps is your guy.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

And if you've got a 55 gallon drum, some ice and a fan, Heaps can hook you up with free AC. It's those types of skills that will make him valuable when JD's Koalas take over the world.

[Belasco]

http://i55.tinypic.com/mmskrm.jpg

[Belasco]

Sav mentioned he didn't get the invite I sent. Did anyone else not get it? Anyone else want an invite?

Pm me the email address to send it to. It helps if you have a gmail account.

[Booze]

I'm in. But it's going to need lots more people to get involved before it's any use. How you liking it, Diddy?

[Belasco]

I'm loving it.

Circles is a great concept in that they allow you to share content with specific people.

A few of my circles are:

Family
Friends
Friends (Austin)
SFJ
OpieAnthony/RonFez

There's 200+ people in the last one. I can view content posted in an individual circle.

I'm considering setting a "Hypersensitive" circle so that they can be excluded from the less politically correct stuff. It really kicks Facebook in the ass in that respect.

I spend more time at g+ than I do facebook now. I'd like to do an Sfj Hangout (live audio/video chat with up to 10 people at once) on g+ at some point.

EDIT: In actuality, something like G+ could push message boards even further to the back-burner because you can basically create discussion and content by and for a specific group of people based on interests.

For example: You create a post, share that post with the SFJ circle that you have added people to. Those that are in the circle can comment on the post and discuss it.

[Dr. P]

It just doesn't make sense.

[Belasco]

What? What about it doesn't make sense?

[Dr. P]

Nothing. I'm just fucking with ya for making me stare at that Chinese fella in Bean's picture even longer.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

He could be this decade's Beavis if we wanted him to. Sure, he'd be a chinkier chubbier version of ol' Beav, but we have the power to make him famous.

[Dr. P]

Well, I'm working on Tumbler right now, but when I move on to G+, I'll want this link I bet: http://mashable.com/2011/07/25/chrome-extensions-google-plus/

[rock5150]

I'm on it but I have no clue what I'm supposed to be doing on it. Seems to be another-thing-that's-not-facebook to check in on

[Belasco]

The key to it is to find people who share the same interests and add them to your circles. You control what you want to see from what circles. I've got 250+ people in my Opie & Anthony and Ron & Fez circles and it's made a huge difference.

[Sticky Fumblings]

I got Google + a couple of weeks ago, and couldn't get it work. It kept telling me I had no one in my circle - I knew that - but gave me no way to find people to put into my circle. My circle is empty. WAH! Will try again, I suppose.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

At least you got in. I'm still waiting for my invite.

[Dr. P]

Twitter.com <-It's all right there!

[Booze]

I got Google + a couple of weeks ago, and couldn't get it to work.

Have you tried turning it off & turning it on again?

[Dr. P]

lmao Then put the power cord in your ass...

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Twitter.com <-It's all gay there!

Yuuuuuuuup!

[Dr. P]

Dude, you have no idea what you're missing. If you hang with it and follow the right people, you'll be fuckin' hooked. I hardly ever "tweet" but I read it all day long. Whatever you're into, if it's on the Internet, Twitter takes you there.

[Booze]

He's right, Sav. He's right.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Is he right? Is he?

[Sticky Fumblings]

"You have no people in your circle. Click here to add people to your circle."

*click*

"You have no people in your circle."

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[Belasco]

Pm your g+ name so I can add you to the Sfj circle.

That goes for the lot of you.

[Dr. P]

I don't even remember what mine was. And stop talking British.

[Belasco]

Sorry, must have gotten nogginated on the bonce.

[rock5150]

This is mine (https://plus.google.com/108486192615754138362/posts) in case you want a extra person to +1 stuff or whatever the hell I'm supposed to do

[Sticky Fumblings]

G+ finally got to working. I'm sure all of you are fucking delighted.

[The BYP]

G+? That's what I got in math class.

[Franks n Beans]

I'm happy you got your fucking G+ to work.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Hooray!!! Sticky got her G spot working again!!

[Belasco]

Just a heads-up... Google+ (Beta) is now open to the public - no invite needed.

I still prefer it to Facebook.

https://plus.google.com/

[The BYP]

I'm googling me gigglestick just thinking about it!

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Hey Belasco. I finally got that Google+ invite that you sent to from 2 months ago. Now I can be a part of this exclusive invite only club.


Just a heads-up... Google+ (Beta) is now open to the public - no invite needed.

I still prefer it to Facebook.

https://plus.google.com/

Fuck!

[Franks n Beans]

Any chicks there yet?

[Hiccup]

I could get my wife to join. beans.

[Franks n Beans]

She hot?

[Hiccup]

She hot?

I'd do her.

[Pinch One Off]

She a goer? You know what I mean. (wink,wink)

[Hiccup]

She a goer? You know what I mean. (wink,wink)

She does pee a lot, its not really my thing. But yeah, she'd go on your face for sure.

[Boyd]

She does pee a lot, its not really my thing. But yeah, she'd go on your face for sure.

Is she German? And can she drive a forklift?

[Hiccup]

Can she drive a forklift?
??????
She's a woman...

[Boyd]

??????
She's a woman...

With German porn it's sometimes hard to tell.

[Taco Teo]

I'm on google+ as of a couple of days ago. Not a clue what I'm supposed to be doing with all these circles and such, but I'm there.

[Dr. P]

You're not in my circle.

[Heap]

If I didn't know any better that shit looks just like facetablet. Whaaaat-theeee-fuuuuck.

[Franks n Beans]

Wow totally cool. An internet social site with "Clicky" circles of assholes.

People need to go outside man.

[Belasco]

Send me a pm with a link to your g+ so I can add you to my SFJ circle.

[Hiccup]

Wow totally cool. An internet social site with "Clicky" circles of assholes.

People need to go outside man.

Yeah but circles are more of a privacy thing. Nobody sees what circle you put them in and vice versa. Its not cliquey at all. I assure you.

[Franks n Beans]

So it's only cliquey when people know their in a cliquey circle?

[Belasco]

No. The idea is that you won't necessarily want to share everything with everyone.

I have a circle for SFJ to share stuff with SFJ people.
I have a circle specifically for friends in Austin (I don't need to ask friends in NC if they want to go see a film at the Drafthouse).
I have a circle for friends in general (includes Austin).
I have a circle for family.
I have a circle for "Opie & Anthony/Ron & Fez" people.

... and several more. You can share with one circle, many circles, all circles, the public, or specific individuals.

It's a good platform. You should try it, Beans.

[Franks n Beans]

Wouldn't it be cool if reality was like that?

[Belasco]

SFJ now has a dedicated Google+ page. (https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/116155205552330888637/)

Add us to one of your circles!

[Booze]

Can you change the way your name appears to different circles? Like Booze for SFJ stuff & my real name for people I know in real life? I don't want worlds colliding.

[Belasco]

No, your name is your identity on G+. But you can share specific info with specific circles just as if you were posting on the site. My SFJ circle is small, but there is no risk of non-SFJ members seeing any post I don't want them to see.

[Hiccup]

Booze, another thing, your profile picture is a dead giveaway.

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/7343/boozej.jpg
Photo courtesy of Google+

[Booze]

I can forgive you completely spoiling The Walking Dead for me, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to pull you up on the wrong use of "your" there.

[Hiccup]

Not sure what yore talking about.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Now yer just being ridiculous.