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[jokkir]

Yeah, people still use Google+

Looks to be transitioning to Google's Material Design, using Polymer and more uniform design similar with their other products like Google Photos, Play Music, etc. and a huge step up from what they have now.

To get it right away, just go to https://plus.google.com/ > hit the top left icon where it says home (should be right under the logo) > Settings > Manage Google+ Account (somewhere down the page) > Hit the search bar. Boom, you have it.

It doesn't seem to stick after revisiting the page though so that might happen after the full rollout.

 

[Mailenstein]

I thought that died off a long time ago.

 

[maxcriden]

G+ is wonderful for buying UV codes. The prices are unbeatable, sometimes as cheap as $.10-.25 per D2D movie + $1 processing fee each from Vudu.

 

[Majine]

Looks better than Facebook, that's for sure.

I like Material Design.

 

[ElTorro]

I thought that died off a long time ago.

It's that thing that always reminds me of its existence when I use YouTube.

Not bad, but nobody uses it.

 

[-Deadpool-]

Gorgeous.

My only social media platform now and all of my groups of friends are finally using it, so I'm pleased.

 

[Dicer]

Looks nice...

Great escape from the "noise" of FB

 

[WedgeX]

It just keeps limping around.

 

[Brazil]

I entered this thread hoping the new redesign was a 404 error page.

Looks very Google, though, I guess. Really weird that they're still working on this.

 

[Banjotanooki]

Would love to try it if my 2,000 friends on Facebook would switch to it.....

 

[ElTorro]

Would love to try it if my 2,000 friends on Facebook would switch to it.....

Yeah. A mass exodus of users to different services is rare. The last one I remember was the abandonment of ICQ.

 

[outunderthestars]

I thought they announced that they were closing the service...

 

[cloud_sleep]

No thanks, G. I'm happy on MySpace.

 

[MomoPufflet]

It doesn't matter how nice it looks if none of your friends use it.

 

[Cyan]

I thought they announced that they were closing the service...

Seriously I swear I remember this happening. Or were they just announcing that they were decoupling it from Youtube etc?

 

[Tuck]

I thought they discontinued Google+...

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

I'm surprised it hasn't gone the way of Wave or Reader.

 

[Owari]

Looks better than Facebook, that's for sure.

I like Material Design.

Yeah but dog shit smeared over a cashmere rug looks better than Facebook.

This redesign looks great, Google's design team has been killing it recently.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Seriously I swear I remember this happening. Or were they just announcing that they were decoupling it from Youtube etc?

Yeah, I believe they just abandoned their plan of tying all Google services to a G+ account.

 

[Rktk]

Looks nice...

Great escape from the "noise" of FB

An empty room is a quiet room.

 

[mollipen]

You know what I love when browsing a page? A header bar that gives disappearing reappearing disappearing reappearing disappearing reappearing and distracting me from the content I'm trying to look at.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Yeah. A mass exodus of users to different services is rare. The last one I remember was the abandonment of ICQ.

Digg -> Reddit

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

Well, Material Design certainly gives it a cleaner look! Shame that my usage of its services are highly limited as almost none of my friends use Google+.

 

[MiszMasz]

An empty room is a quiet room.

You're just making it sound more appealing compared to the dogshit/10 typical post quality of Facebook and Twitter.

A lot of programmers and a fair few I know from the open-source community use it, possibly at least in part due to the above.

 

[blamite]

Did they take it out of Youtube yet?

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Did they take it out of Youtube yet?

For new users, I think. But not yet for existing users

 

[blamite]

For new users, I think. But not yet for existing users

Barf, I can't even comment on y own videos until they do

 

[ChronotriggerJM]

Awesome! I fucking love G+, but it's a bit too taxing on my potato work computer. J and K to jump to the next post is just awesome.

 

[Symphonia]

I thought they announced that they were closing the service...

They did, but Google pulled a Google and decided to relaunch it instead.

 

[WaterAstro]

I wish more people would use G+.

It's so much better than Facebook.

 

[Dicer]

An empty room is a quiet room.

Hardly empty just "different" people...

 

[jelly]

Seriously I swear I remember this happening. Or were they just announcing that they were decoupling it from Youtube etc?

I remember the main boss guy left, photos getting separated back, hangouts and the YouTube comments thing. I think Google plus is just a hook now and the main features it had are separate products instead. Google plus isn't a product so to speak anymore.

 

[Social]

I wish more people would use G+.

It's so much better than Facebook.

Let's be real though, it's not... is it?

 

[jokkir]

I thought they announced that they were closing the service...

Seriously I swear I remember this happening. Or were they just announcing that they were decoupling it from Youtube etc?

I thought they discontinued Google+...

I thought that was just a rumour because the creator left Google.

From this:
http://www.hngn.com/articles/29805/...t-rumors-swirl-after-creators-resignation.htm

 

[SandTorso]

Well, at least it'll be a more enjoyable experience looking at android app developers' posts. That's all I really use it for anymore.

 

[egruntz]

Let's be real though, it's not... is it?

Are you weighing by features or popularity?

 

[soco]

Looks pretty nice.

There are some groups that still use it quite a lot. I occasionally still see posts to it.

 

[Rktk]

Hardly empty just "different" people...

Different in that they aren't people you know IRL?

[edit] I should say I think G+ looks great but it sounds like people are using it to follow communities (developers as an example given earlier), and that's fine, but that isn't what Facebook is - Facebook is where everyone you know is, like it or not, it's the shit party everyone went to.

 

[acrid]

G+ is wonderful for buying UV codes. The prices are unbeatable, sometimes as cheap as $.10-.25 per D2D movie + $1 processing fee each from Vudu.

Lol, the exact reason i use it!

 

[Shepard]

Google + communities are pretty great. They are basically my news sources nowadays, specially tech-related stuff.
Also, redesigned communitites are definitely better.

 

[Fatalah]

G+ is hard to explain. It could be used as someone's reddit, Twitter, or NeoGAF.

 

[RM8]

I wish my friends would use Google+

 

[ChronotriggerJM]

G+ is hard to explain. It could be used as someone's reddit, Twitter, or NeoGAF.

Definitely. It's a powerful site, google just has yet to really break though with it.

 

[NotBacon]

Cool. Love me some MD. And G+ is awesome, more people just need to use it.

 

[thesoapster]

Now I will finally start using it.

 

[ChronotriggerJM]

Semi-related, anyone have some recommended communities to join?

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

So is this going to be like a repurposing of Google Plus or is it still a 'different' social network.

 

[Dicer]

Different in that they aren't people you know IRL?

[edit] I should say I think G+ looks great but it sounds like people are using it to follow communities (developers as an example given earlier), and that's fine, but that isn't what Facebook is - Facebook is where everyone you know is, like it or not, it's the shit party everyone went to.

Different as in more "tech savvy" and not a pile of moms and racist uncles...

If you don't like it fine, but every G+ is full of people shitting on it, it's not for you then don't use it, simple really.

 

[Zeyphersan]

I thought the redesign was going to be "blank because it no longer exists"

 

[Schrade]

Did they completely separate YouTube from Google+ yet?

I want to be able to comment on YouTube videos without converting my channel to a Google+ thing.