tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post8190076867785279007..comments2024-03-07T23:20:49.790-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Google+ remains pretty strangeJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-43329864923680579642012-01-01T20:16:40.639-07:002012-01-01T20:16:40.639-07:00It seems to me that Facebook devotees have so much...It seems to me that Facebook devotees have so much of their lives invested in FB that they don't want to swap over, nor do they see a need to. For me, the reasons are the exact opposite and I love have different circles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-24199286046970184862012-01-01T15:15:05.842-07:002012-01-01T15:15:05.842-07:00I also have a big Geology/Science circle, and a la...I also have a big Geology/Science circle, and a large Nature/Bird Photography circle, plus a smallish Philosophy-type circle. G+ seems to be particularly helpful/useful/fun for professionals of various types. Genealogy-historians and the like, are very friendly and helpful on G+, and I like being able to skim down the many interesting ones I have in my circle. As for news stories - really, I don't want to ever see news on comments unless it's from an obscure source - if it's really news, someone will tell me! Facebook seems to me to be a gossipynews place, with a few exceptions so I use it now just for friends and family.Celia Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096301290962083820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-36358788032456033112012-01-01T11:32:45.458-07:002012-01-01T11:32:45.458-07:00I think it's because genealogists and other fa...I think it's because genealogists and other family history enthusiasts already knew that while mildly interested, your family doesn't want to be inundated with all your genealogy news. So I think it was Google+ circles that first drew us so that, like life, we can choose our audience. Also, I think the hanging out is also something to which genealogists/family historians naturally gravitated.Barbara Barr-Haylockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14215715059298649787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-15011027272823113992011-12-31T18:16:23.997-07:002011-12-31T18:16:23.997-07:00It's because until recently you couldn't p...It's because until recently you couldn't play Farmville (or its equivalent) on Google+.<br /><br />Also it is still hard to share news stories on Google+. For example you can "Recommend" on Facebook a story on CNN with a single click. But you can't even find a button for Google+. On many sites you see buttons for Facebook, Twitter and maybe one or two others, but generally not Google+. When Google+ buttons start appearing on news sites then you may get more people (non-genealogists) using Google+.Quantumleap42https://www.blogger.com/profile/16711817313734546305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-70820708738942253582011-12-31T17:51:57.279-07:002011-12-31T17:51:57.279-07:00I asked a few of my family members who are very in...I asked a few of my family members who are very involved in social media. They told me that they just didn't want one more place to have to check into, that they were satisfied with their contacts in other venues and just saw the whole thing as redundant.Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09417754385375586302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-87265199477546621502011-12-31T17:46:04.218-07:002011-12-31T17:46:04.218-07:00I have noticed the same thing. I have broadened my...I have noticed the same thing. I have broadened my google + experience by meeting some photographers and artists here that I did not know before.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.com