Google+ Is it the answer to Facebook?

[lindyhop]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I think the +1 remains as a tag on the site, so if other friends visit it, they can see how many people have +1ed it, and see your name if they hover over the icon. As for going back to sites you've +1ed? no clue - or I haven
t found it yet

So far I'm not finding that anyone else's name shows up when I hover over the icon. But apparently there are other uses (see below).

Originally Posted by Alex

To see what you've +1'ed, go to your Profile page. On that page is a row of button near the top (Posts, About, Photos, Videos, +1's). Click +1's and it shows what you've done that to.

However, it seems to only list +1 on other sites than Google+, so you can't use it to find comments or posts there that you've liked.

Thanks, Alex, that's exactly what I was looking for. It's also interesting to click on Learn More on the +1 page. It looks like Google will use +1's to further "personalize" your search. Sites where people in your circles have added a +1 will probably show up higher on the list of results. That's my interpretation anyway.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I love G+ so much I have almost forgotten FB.

Tell me about it. I keep having to remind myself to check FB, and then it's like wandering from an interesting conversation into a room packed shoulder to shoulder with everyone I've ever met talking at full volume. I might start "hiding" everyone who isn't family and/or interesting.

Originally Posted by lindyhop

There is now a +1 icon on websites along with the all the other like and share buttons.

Isn't this also part of the "Sparks" thing?

[lindyhop]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Isn't this also part of the "Sparks" thing?

I don't think so. I'm getting an oddball mix of I don't know what through Sparks.

[Moonliner]

Looks like some one (I'm looking at you Face Book) is trying to play catch up in the features department. Namely they are trying to imitate circles.

Originally Posted by WSJ

Facebook is updating its “Friend Lists” feature to help its users better address the fact that they have different relationships with Facebook friends from different parts of their lives