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Re: Google+
« Reply #45 on: July 12, 2011, 01:51:58 PM »
Yes, Chary, I got on last night. It turns out it was a stupid error on my part... when I was first invited I used the link from my invite to try to get on and it WAS at capacity... but after that I kept trying to get on just from the Google+ home page, not from the link in my invite email.

Duh.

I knew it wasn't a location thing as people in my area were getting on just fine.

Now I need to try to figure this all out!
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Re: Google+
« Reply #46 on: July 12, 2011, 02:17:50 PM »
No problems here, I'm in! Will need to have fun with trying to figure it out!  :)
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Re: Google+
« Reply #47 on: July 12, 2011, 02:30:06 PM »
Quote from: balmerhon on July 12, 2011, 01:51:58 PM
when I was first invited I used the link from my invite to try to get on and it WAS at capacity... but after that I kept trying to get on just from the Google+ home page, not from the link in my invite email.
!!!!!!

This isn't stupid at all!

(I'm saying this because it's what I've been doing, and therefore it's BAD USABILITY!)
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Re: Google+
« Reply #48 on: July 12, 2011, 02:41:19 PM »
Quote from: squirrellypoo on July 12, 2011, 02:30:06 PM
!!!!!!

This isn't stupid at all!

(I'm saying this because it's what I've been doing, and therefore it's BAD USABILITY!)

Are you on now?
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Re: Google+
« Reply #49 on: July 12, 2011, 02:48:34 PM »
Quote from: balmerhon on July 12, 2011, 02:41:19 PM
Are you on now?
Yes!

Though now I'm getting continuous "Error loading settings" and other error messages at the top of the site whenever I try to add my first friend (my inviter) to a circle. *sigh*  ::)

Edit: FINALLY! The idiotic thing logged me out without telling the rest of the site. There's a reason it's still in Beta...
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Re: Google+
« Reply #50 on: July 12, 2011, 03:02:51 PM »
Yeah, I tried to get my contacts added from Yahoo and it gave me an error message. I got an email from Yahoo saying it had worked but the list has yet to show up in Google+! ::)
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Re: Google+
« Reply #51 on: July 13, 2011, 06:45:09 PM »
Quote from: NoseOverTail on July 12, 2011, 11:59:51 AM
I think you can tag in Google +, but I'm not sure how/if it shows up in the same way?  I haven't really done much with the photos because there are not that many people on it just yet!

Picasa has tagging (and I believe had it before FB) and face-recognition.
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Re: Google+
« Reply #52 on: July 14, 2011, 11:15:02 AM »
Quote from: squirrellypoo on July 12, 2011, 02:48:34 PM
Yes!

Though now I'm getting continuous "Error loading settings" and other error messages at the top of the site whenever I try to add my first friend (my inviter) to a circle. *sigh*  ::)

Edit: FINALLY! The idiotic thing logged me out without telling the rest of the site. There's a reason it's still in Beta...

From what Im seeing its not safari friendly, so if using from a Mac may be causing you issues..
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Re: Google+
« Reply #53 on: July 14, 2011, 04:55:00 PM »
Quote from: Kerri on July 14, 2011, 11:15:02 AM
From what Im seeing its not safari friendly, so if using from a Mac may be causing you issues..
I use Firefox on a Mac, but it seems fine after that first initial problem... *touch wood*
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Re: Google+
« Reply #54 on: July 14, 2011, 05:19:04 PM »
Has anyone played around with privacy setting yet? I've had a Yahoo email address for donkeys years that I use for all personal stuff. My Gmail addy was set up as a back up for my teaching jobs (the school I taught at had notoriously unreliable email). So my past students have my Gmail address and I guess, can easily find me. Can they see my G+ activities or do I have to add them to circles first? Can I keep them from finding me at all?

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Re: Google+
« Reply #55 on: July 14, 2011, 05:23:23 PM »
You can make yourself unsearchable, but then nobody can find you. They won't see anything you post if they add you to circles but you don't add back, unless you make a post public.
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Re: Google+
« Reply #56 on: July 14, 2011, 05:33:43 PM »
Quote from: DrSuperL99 on July 14, 2011, 05:23:23 PM
You can make yourself unsearchable, but then nobody can find you. They won't see anything you post if they add you to circles but you don't add back, unless you make a post public.

Thanks. I am, in theory, unsearchable on FB but people find me because they see my posts on mutual friends' pages. I think I have to block people specifically there in order to have them not see things I post on public pages or on mutual friends' pages. I can live with that and am glad G+ seems similar.
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Re: Google+
« Reply #57 on: July 14, 2011, 05:48:18 PM »
Yeah, on G+ there isn't a wall as such, so you can only post to something a friend has posted. That cuts down one source of finding anyway.
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