Chaos he/him Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 So, who wants some Google+ invites? You might be anti-Facebook. Anti-social networking in general. And sure, I can see that. I resisted joining Facebook for a long time, and I only joined out of peer pressure. You know what? There's something better, and it is Google+. It's like Facebook, only not idiotic and actually useful. There are two core features. The first are "Circles." Instead of Facebook where your friends list is a giant jumbled mess, you can select people to go to different social circles. So, I can add you, fair member, to my 17th Shard circle, separate from my College circle. Then, I can make posts, but direct them to which circle I want. I can keep 17S posts separate from everyone else, if I want. The second major feature are Sparks. Basically, you can create a Spark for a given interest you have. Say, "Mistborn," and get news items related to that. So not only can you obsessively check on your friends, but it's also a source of non-friend related news. It's much cleaner than Facebook, with a better color scheme, and is simply better. Oh, and there's free group video chatting for up to ten people. 17S staff members, take notes, because I'm inviting you to this whether you like it or not Given that Kerry has said "Holy crap" several times as she's walked through it, I'd say it's a success.
Zas678 he/him Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 Pick me! Even though I think they shut down invites temporarily due to massive interest...
Chaos he/him Posted July 1, 2011 Author Posted July 1, 2011 I've sent them. You just have to be clever. Did you both get them? Also, Zas, I'm switching to a new Gmail account. I've already given the new ones the edit rights on the Brandonothology, but now you know.
Silus - Shard of Flame he/him Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 I am unsure. I'm cautious about diving into anything new at the moment, due to various things. But I've been hearing a lot of good things about this. I'll get back to you. Maybe.
Eerongal he/him Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 if you have any extras, i all sorts of want one. I try to get into the beta of every google thing
Chaos he/him Posted July 1, 2011 Author Posted July 1, 2011 I'm really enjoying G+ so far. Chilling with the 17S peeps have really helped. If anyone else has a Google account, I highly encourage you to join. Or, at least, ask us for an invite.
Chaos he/him Posted July 1, 2011 Author Posted July 1, 2011 I think I'd like to try that. Please? Absolutely. I sent it to the Google account that you registered with, but if you want me to send it to a different one, I can do that. 1
Eerongal he/him Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 How, precisely, does one send invites, chaos? I know a few people who want an account on google+, but I cant seem to figure out how. I tried double clicking them on the circles screen, but it brings up a screen that says "Inviting by email will be enabled soon!"
Joe ST he/him Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 How, precisely, does one send invites, chaos? I know a few people who want an account on google+, but I cant seem to figure out how. I tried double clicking them on the circles screen, but it brings up a screen that says "Inviting by email will be enabled soon!" indeed, tis a mystery
Chaos he/him Posted July 1, 2011 Author Posted July 1, 2011 Oh. Ha. I should probably tell you to do that. Google disabled the overall invite feature, so it's kind of a hack. Make a post in your Stream, disable sending it to your Circles, and then add a particular email address. Then they should get an email about it and be able to join. I sent one to you, Fell. Spencer and SOM1else, I don't see a Gmail account listed on your profile, but I sent the invite to you anyways. You'll probably be prompted to join that, if you haven't already.
FellKnight he/him Posted July 2, 2011 Posted July 2, 2011 Oh. Ha. I should probably tell you to do that. Google disabled the overall invite feature, so it's kind of a hack. Make a post in your Stream, disable sending it to your Circles, and then add a particular email address. Then they should get an email about it and be able to join. I sent one to you, Fell. Spencer and SOM1else, I don't see a Gmail account listed on your profile, but I sent the invite to you anyways. You'll probably be prompted to join that, if you haven't already. Thanks! I don't see it yet, and I thougt I had added it to my profile, but my email address is [email protected]. I'll update my profile. Fell
Chaos he/him Posted July 2, 2011 Author Posted July 2, 2011 Thanks! I don't see it yet, and I thougt I had added it to my profile, but my email address is [email protected]. I'll update my profile. Fell I've sent you an another one. Tell me if you got it or not.
Chaos he/him Posted July 2, 2011 Author Posted July 2, 2011 I've heard that my other invites haven't worked. Did Google disable this ability? (Also, check out the new +1 buttons)
FellKnight he/him Posted July 2, 2011 Posted July 2, 2011 I've heard that my other invites haven't worked. Did Google disable this ability? (Also, check out the new +1 buttons) Yes, they have disabled new people joining at the moment, though I hear that there is a hack-around that you can do to circumvent the message. I'll probably just wait until they open the testing to more people. Fell
Chaos he/him Posted July 3, 2011 Author Posted July 3, 2011 Yes, they have disabled new people joining at the moment, though I hear that there is a hack-around that you can do to circumvent the message. I'll probably just wait until they open the testing to more people. Fell The method I made before was actually the hack-around.
SOM1else he/him Posted July 3, 2011 Posted July 3, 2011 The method I made before was actually the hack-around. Is there an age restriction? for some reason it won't let me in because it says I'm too youn, is this a permanent age restriction or just during the beta?
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