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G+ does this, I have more than one profile and I can easily switch between them without logging off, it is the same identity to me and them and a different identity for everyone else.

Unfortunately it is named pages or something so it sounds like something else.

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Sorry, I haven't looked at this in a while and searching online seems to confirm my doubt. Isn't a page different from a user profile in the UI, UX and how one can connect with others and how others can connect? In other words, wouldn't having different personas for different circles of people actually require multiple accounts (not multiple pages) and switching between them to look for updates and communicate with the different circles (although it looks like switching is probably made easier and enabled as a feature on Google products)?

Yeah, if you want different and (more or less) independent between them personas you still need different accounts. What the parent is trying to emphasize is that the transition between them has become really easy and seamless, so if you really want that feature, might be worth it to spend a little time in the set up to create those accounts.

Anyway, these days I just use Google+ to keep contact with a group of friends and follow Linus rants, but the circles mechanic is so muddled that I wouldn't really recommend anyone to actually use it if they want airtight separation.

> Yeah, if you want different and (more or less) independent between them personas you still need different accounts. What the parent is trying to emphasize is that the transition between them has become really easy and seamless,

Thanks for helping out here. Actually I can switch without using multiple accounts, explanation here: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/30701/how-to-swit...

I just verified it works by switching from my personal profile to my moonlight consulting company "page" that is just another profile of me and I can post, follow and add comments from it just like my main, personal profile. There is also a third, non-commercial "page" that I sometimes use (because I have a embarrassingly good taste in music : ).

> but the circles mechanic is so muddled that I wouldn't really recommend anyone to actually use it if they want airtight separation.

If I undersstand it correctly I should post family photos to a circle (since I decides who belong in what circle).

Technical stuff I post into one collection or another so people can decide for themselves if they just want to see my post on vegetables, the one on IT or both.

And stuff that needs airtight separation I only share with /dev/null ;-)

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