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June 30, 2011 06:48 am GMT

Walking Around In Circles: As Google+ Opens Up Will People Start Using It Correctly?

Last night, I wrote up my initial thoughts on Google+ after using it for a day. Overall, I find it pretty compelling so far. While there is a bit of a learning curve, after about 15 minutes, I found myself at home using the service. And little things (namely notifications) kept bringing me back. But let's be realistic, it has only been a day. The new car smell has yet to wear off.And I have also noticed a few other things that may spell trouble down the road.Right now, almost every single post I see on Google+ is shared with the Public. Perhaps this is to be expected since the initial roll-out yesterday was very small. People don't have a lot of friend in their Circles yet, so they're posting everything to the public in the hopes of seeing some interaction, I imagine. I have been doing this too.But tonight, Google started dishing out invites for early users to spread around as they see fit. As far as I can tell, the service is seeing a massive influx of new users right now " a lot more than yesterday. And while Google's servers appear to be handling the new load just fine, I do wonder what this will mean for the underlying principles of the site. Namely, will people start using Circles in the correct way?

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