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Facebook has superior 'Circles'

donny.in

2 pointscurrywurst3 comments

People often seem to confuse "different" with "worse." I wonder why this is. Circles are also "simple to reason about" – i.e., everyone in the circle gets the post. It's just different from Facebook in that circles are asynchronous, so it feels a bit foreign. Different, not worse. It's arguably better since it also supports Twitter-style following with a single, unified mechanism.

What I wanted to say is that it is easier for the recipients of the post to reason about.

That said, they should really start suggesting people to follow ala Twitter. With so little friends inside, my stream is kinda empty!

I get your point, but I think that's simple too: you received the post because it was sent to you. Or in Google's vocabulary: because you were in the circle it was shared with. I can agree though, that this slightly more confusing than the Facebook model: because your friend posted it.

I really like the idea of suggesting Google+ "celebrities" to follow; you should suggest it with the feedback tool. I recommend Tom. :)

  http://profiles.google.com/myspacetom

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