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That would effectively be like a Facebook Page, wouldn't it? Believe me, you won't enjoy the signal to noise ratio within these "public circles".

I proprosed a different solution to the same problem, as explained here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2738084

Edit: On second read, I think we do share the same concept, just different naming.

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Yup, same concept, different naming.

Yet another useful variation is the idea of a public circle which multiple people can share to, aka a mailing list. There are lots of use cases for that, but that's not the primary thing that I am missing on Google+ right now.

"Public Circle" variation = Facebook Groups.

Yup. There are a lot of variations on "circles" that can make sense in different contexts. I'm hoping that Google+ adds more.

Currently I'm just categorizing people by how I know them. For instance if I know them through work, which job(s) did I work with them in?

You are requesting nested circles.

I am not requesting nested circles. Though a lot of people have requested that.

I'm working on a very early stage startup to solve this exact problem. One of our main challenges though seems the hardest part of finding a solution is having a social graph to test with, or how to gain traction in the first place. Content algorithms inherently need a lot of participation.

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