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Re: [LUG] Google plus, who's using it and what are your thoughts?

 

http://wellsb.com/post/7022247022/google-plus-for-google-apps-in-the-coming-months

On 3 July 2011 20:35, Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:45:39 +0100
> Dava wrote:
>
>> Now, to be honest, I was never one for social networking sites, but
>> after moving house, i found it the best way for me to communicate
>> with friends etc.  Now at the moment i'm using *cough* Facebook
>> *cough* but never been a huge fan. I Have a friend that works at
>> Google and recently received an invite for Google+. I am still very
>> new in using it so to give a full write up on it wouldn't be easy.
>>
>> Google+ word got out recently and basically it took off in a big way,
>> Google tried throttling it with 15 invites only but now seem to have
>> sorted things out for as many invites as needed. I can hand out
>> invites if you require them to get yourselves up and running but
>> please send them to my email rather than through LUG so we don't
>> flood things.  The invites aren't for a personal use, but purely to
>> hear you views on the new service.
>>
>> Sorry for the cough
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Dave
>
> <rant>
> I haven't used it (yet) but I am somewhat irked already by the way
> Google routinely leave us Google Apps users out in the cold.  They have
> recently been "converting" Google Apps accounts into apparently
> fully-fledged Google accounts, but guess what... my already-converted
> Google Apps account won't work with this feature.  The single biggest
> piece that is *still* missing is the Google Profile - G+ requires this
> in order to work, and guess what part of a "full Google Account" isn't
> available to Google Apps users?
>
> Yes, I do have a normal Google Account as well, but why does Google
> necessitate this situation?  Either a transitioned Google Apps account
> is a "full Google Account" or it isn't.
> </rant>
>
> Grant.
>
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