Google+ Catch-All

skogul wrote:

First dibs go to Spunior if he's interested in any of 'em but after that, first come first served!

You're welcome! Thanks for the generous offer, but I'll let other Goodjers bite first.

Phishposer, I fired another invite your way.

Thanks for the invite, Rick. Now it's just a wait to see when I can actually get in.

if anyone has an invite, I would appreciate it

my email is lothars at gmail dot com

Phishposer wrote:

I think oilypenguin sent me an invite, but it never showed up. If anyone else has a spare, I'd appreciate one.
My e-mail is my GWJ handle at gmail.
Thanks :)

I'm a failure!

I'd love to get an invite too if there are any spares.

Just to clarify: My invitation has a "learn more about Google+" that redirects to the "keep me posted" page. I assume, then, that when Google+ is ready for more victims that button will redirect to a signup page?

Spunior wrote:
skogul wrote:

First dibs go to Spunior if he's interested in any of 'em but after that, first come first served!

You're welcome! Thanks for the generous offer, but I'll let other Goodjers bite first.

Phishposer, I fired another invite your way.

Got it, thanks!

Dominic Knight wrote:

Done for you Deftly.

And I'm in. Thanks!

deftly wrote:
Dominic Knight wrote:

Done for you Deftly.

And I'm in. Thanks!

Like, actually in? Or do you mean the "learn more about Google+" button that some people are describing? Inquiring minds want to know!

Oops! Double post. That's what I get for trying out a new browser on my iPad.

sadly Hobbes still has received no invite. This makes Hobbes a sad tiger.

Alas, the time will come.

Hobbes2099 wrote:

sadly Hobbes still has received no invite. This makes Hobbes a sad tiger.

Alas, the time will come.

Invite sent. Be a sad tiger no longer!

In case there is a spare invite, I would humbly welcome one. The name is the same as my GWJ nick at the mail of google. I am not on facebook but am always curious about what Google has to offer. Plus, once they take over the world there are spoils to be divided among Plus members, right?

How does one actually translate an invite (thanks those that sent me one) to actually getting in? I just get to the splash screen that says basically "We are full"

If there are any kindly souls, I'm still looking for an invite. My handle at the gmail. Many thanks.

For the nickname in a circle thing, you'd have to have a way to keep the anonymous nature of circle membership. So when I add a Goodjer to my GWJ circle, I would need to nick name him at that point. So a better suggestion to Google that I plan to make is to allow the other names feature to be presented on circle addition. That way if I add Seth to my GWJ circle, I'd pick the GWJ other name. Then if I added someone to both, perhaps I'd select the realname for the other circle? The confusion would come if I picked 2 different name representations for someone and the post appeared on the consolidated stream. It could work, but they'd have to basically add meta data to the other names field to make it clean.

ColdForged wrote:

If there are any kindly souls, I'm still looking for an invite. My handle at the gmail. Many thanks.

done(I think)

'Invites' sent to ColdForged and wanderintaoist. Gameguru, it really seems that it's "wait & see" at this point...

Out of curiosity, was anyone able to sign up since yesterday? Or is G+ is complete lock-up mode right now?

I still haven't been able to get in. Maybe its timing of when I click the link.

As an aside, if you have a Google Apps account it won't work with Plus right now. The gmail account I use is forwarded to my main email for my domain that is hosted on Google Apps. If I click on the link from that mailbox, you basically get an error saying "you can't use your organization's account/email with Plus".

Rallick wrote:
Hobbes2099 wrote:

sadly Hobbes still has received no invite. This makes Hobbes a sad tiger.

Alas, the time will come.

Invite sent. Be a sad tiger no longer!

Invite is mocking me, staring at me atop of my inbox. every time I click it it sends me to the notification page instead of allowing me to join in on the fun.

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I stare into the abyss,

Strong suggestion: Please put your GWJ name somewhere in your profile (I suggest putting it in the "Other names" section along with "(GWJ)".) Make sure that is world readable, or at the very least readable to people you put into whatever circle you put GWJers into.

If it's world readable, then it'll let people search for "GWJ" and find you. It will also let people who find you via some other means say "Oh, a goodjer!" and add you and know who you are.

If you make it readable to your GWJ circle but not to public, at least we can tell who you are if you add us.

I request this because, well, I have a lot of people in my GWJ circle who I know are goodjers, but I know that only because they a) Linked to GWJ in their links, b) Are in the circles of/have people in their circles many that I know to be goodjers, c) Have put GWJ into their profile in some other way.

And half of them, I have no idea who they are. I know some from them including their GWJ name in their full name (which I think is a bad idea) or as an other name. I know more from them having their profile picture be their forum avatar. And the rest? Not a freaking clue.

(You can look at my profile for an example.)

So has there been any interesting people using G+ in a Twitter fashion now? Besides Goodjers of course.
I've followed Notch but he's all I've found though I haven't searched around too much.

FedoraMcQuaid wrote:

So has there been any interesting people using G+ in a Twitter fashion now? Besides Goodjers of course.
I've followed Notch but he's all I've found though I haven't searched around too much.

I'm following the Dallas Maverick's owner and Felicia Day. Oh, and Newt Gingrich, but he's not very talkative. Scott Johnson seems to be jumping on board.

John Scalzi's been doing basically the same stuff he does on Twitter

Spunior wrote:

'Invites' sent to ColdForged and wanderintaoist. Gameguru, it really seems that it's "wait & see" at this point...

Out of curiosity, was anyone able to sign up since yesterday? Or is G+ is complete lock-up mode right now?

Thank you for the invite, Spunior. Looks like they are full at the moment, as I hadn't been able to switch the invite into a membership. No matter, I am not in a hurry. Will post whenever the status changes.

Hypatian wrote:

(You can look at my profile for an example.)

How do you have that set up for privacy? Is there an opt-in/out to put your profile out for general consumption? Do you have control over who sees what, etc?

Has anyone been able to get in these past few days?

I've been trying to get in (usually in the mornings and evenings, Japan time), but every time is full capacity. So sad.

Thanks for the invites, Spunior and taer. No joy on the actual joining but the foot is in the door.

farley3k wrote:

I would love an invite - ehigginsfreese"at"gmail.com. I wonder if it will pan out.

I am patiently waiting.

farley3k wrote:
farley3k wrote:

I would love an invite - ehigginsfreese"at"gmail.com. I wonder if it will pan out.

I am patiently waiting.

Wait no longer, young padawan!