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Now that Google+ in template, design and presentation works much more like Facebook, it has become more useful for me as a blogger. For months I ignored Google+ for Facebook alone (although I was an early Google+ member when invited by English friend Mr. X), because its attempts at being original and distinct from Facebook seemed not useful and uninteresting. Overall, the website and related applications were not going to assist with blog ministry, career plans or socially.
Although I had the first stagnate account, the one associated with my other blog, eventually I signed up to Google+ with every Google related email address after being promoted to each time I would sign in. My second account was with this blog. The other accounts are basically a blank page and do not serve much purpose other than potential extra Google+ Friend or some other Circle for a web contact.
As noted in the post Google+ Followers via Wikipedia:
In regard to Google+
'As of May 2013, it had a total of 500 million registered users, of whom 235 million are active in a given month.'
'Facebook In regard to Facebook 'As of September 2012, Facebook has over one billion active users,[10] of which 8.7% are fake.'
Two to one is not a bad ratio for Google+ to be behind, considering Google+ are at roughly the 500 million mark.
Google+ recently has seemed to assist with my readership, probably as much as Facebook. Perhaps because Google and Blogger are connected it assists with finding other Google Bloggers, many that have Google+ accounts. Yes, I post article headers on Facebook, but persons there are not as likely bloggers.
I reason that Google+ is the possibly, philosophically and psychologically at times the social networking 'Friend' Twilight Zone, or 'Trialight Zone'.
In other words, if someone does not know one personally in the flesh but thinks another might be interesting professionally, as in blogging and career plans, and/or socially, with those many contexts, one may Friend or place them in some other Circle on Google+, also known as the Trialight Zone.
Facebook is only a future possibility...
Google+ = social networking probation...
I noticed almost immediately that not all of my Google+ Friends are ever listed. By this I mean those that have me in their Circles, not those I have in Circles. This is something I do not like about Google+, although of course like most bloggers I appreciate the numbers regardless, but I like to know what I am dealing with. More accurately, the person...
Looking at Google+ 'Account' it appears one can select what type of Circles appear and if one appears in other Circles. So this would explain why in my case there are always less profiles appearing than my number of Friends. I only have a Friends Circle.
There is a possibility that in some cases I am 'Trialight Zoned'...
Okay, yes I realize an account owner may have other reasons for Circles to not appear that have nothing to do with me...
I am not the centre of the Universe (Exodus 20, Deuteronomy 5), but the Trialight Zone angle is a reasonable possibility in some cases and probably more humourous and interesting.;)
My blog related accounts:
With my other blog:
RussellNormanMurray
With this blog:
RussellNormanMurray2
Brain Test-Left Or Right Brain
I scored 81% left brain, twice. This could explain some of my problems.;);> I can see the dancer rotate both ways, but usually clockwise.
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