When Katie Floyd mentioned that she was having a hard time working Google+ into her life, I felt better.
I’m struggling with it, too. I’ve done nearly nothing there since signing up.
I don’t deny that Google+ has a lot of potential or that it’s better than Facebook or that it fills a niche that wasn’t already filled. I just can’t make it a priority right now, and I honestly feel kinda bad about that.
New people follow me on Google+ nearly every day it seems, and some people have said some really nice things about PE posts there. I feel like a jerk for not responding to Google+ feedback like I normally do on Twitter, which is really the only “social network” I visit regularly anymore.
Don’t interpret my Google+ non-presence in a bad way. I may get there eventually, but I just haven’t figured out how—yet.
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Eddie
I feel your pain. Read my post Via (Social) Media for my take on this.
See you on Twitter.
Cheers.
Greg
Don’t feel bad. I haven’t even signed up for it yet. Too many inboxes as it is. Hesitant to pick up another.
Spend time where there’s value in spending time. There’s a very vibrant photography community on Google+ that’s sharing a lot of amazing photography and using the hangouts feature for a lot of informal discussions and learning opportunities… but that’s not going to be valuable to non-photographers. If there’s something relevant going on, by all means be there. But being there for the sake of being there isn’t useful.