Wendy,
Absolutely happy to help! Also it gives me a chance to seamlessly slide
into guest moderating mode ;)
Google+ is Google's answer to Facebook and it does many of the same
things. It is a social networking site so you can connect to others -
and it have garnered some attention for allowing you to easily and very
visually sort people into "Circles". Facebook has always allowed you to
create discreet groups but Google+ has made this a very prominent
feature of organising friends and colleagues.
Google+ lets you share updates (like Facebook or Twitter etc) and that
can include video or images or text. You can "+1" or comment on these
(again very like Facebook) or to share these items on. Some additional
functionality is the ability to filter your stream - like the Facebook
newsfeed or Twitter timeline - by the circles you have set up. You can
also access pre-prepared/automatically updated updates on topics you're
interested in. You can create pages (again like Facebook).
More uniquely to Google+: You can access all of the Google Talk
functionality that you may already use for real time text or audio chat.
You can also have a "hangout" - this is a video call between multiple
participants (a bit like a giant Skype call) and I have heard of these
being used as a way to host virtual events like wine tastings where you
can all participate in real time over video.
Personally I like the look and feel of Google+ and the integration with
other Google apps (a controversial part of the new Google Terms &
Conditions) is useful. But it doesn't have the same level or ubiquity of
use as Facebook and because it is a competitor to Facebook and Twitter
the integration between Google+ and other sites is not as good as one
would hope and that can make it less useful.
One aspect that is quite interesting though is the focus that Google+
places on personal Google profiles and the way in which sharing
behaviour on Google+ or, depending on your personal settings, via "+1"
clicks on any site you find via Google, links into search. Google
provides a "Search Plus Your World" option in the US (I think it is
technically not released in the UK yet though it is viewable here) which
brings in friends recommendations/activity to your search results. That
can mean more accurate results or it could become an echo chamber.
Interesting nonetheless.
Hope that helps a bit?
- Nicola.
On 28/03/2012 13:04, Taylor, Wendy wrote:
> Nicola, I don't really understand Google+ and don't think it's as well
> known as Twitter and Facebook. Could you give me a short explanation?
> (Apologies if everyone else knows how it works!)
> Wendy
>
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> Subject: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] Welcome!
>
> Harpreet,
>
> Your story of being trolled (attacked with lots of negative comments!)
> is useful for flagging up the importance of moderating comments and
> checking settings on social media sites. I think the state of spam is
> such that you should never Blog without moderating the comments. On
> sites like Facebook and Google+ trolling is less of an issue but for
> reassurance it's always best to know what your settings are and that you
> are sharing with the group you mean to.
>
> - Nicola
> [noting never to say anything negative about Sherlock Holmes online!]
>
>
> On 28/03/2012 12:24, Dhillon, Harpreet wrote:
>
> Hi Wendy, hi all :)
>
>
>
> My name's Harpreet Dhillon and I'm a Bibliographical Support
> Assistant at City of London. At the moment I'm only on Livejournal,
> Tumblr, Goodreads and Librarything (only), but over the years I've used
> and enjoyed Wordpress, Blogspot, Livejournal, Shelfari, Lastfm, Facebook
> and Twitter. In fact, I think I enjoyed Twitter so much when it first
> arrived that I had to give it up, but I still do the odd hash tag search
> because it's quite an invaluable source of current information (I work
> underground so it was nice to see a tweet by Zach Braff commenting on
> how sunny London, helping me to decide if I wanted to go out for lunch
> or not). I'm actually considering signing up with Twitter again, this
> time for professional use as there's a good presence of information
> professionals out there and a good stream of information. Also, as I
> sometimes tweet for @GuildhallLib, it's reawakened my interest in that
> particular site.
>
>
>
> Facebook is a site that I used for about three months, intensely
> disliked and then abandoned. I doubt I'll ever sign up for an account
> again. I still can't quite put my finger on what I find so annoying
> about Facebook, but it really wasn't for me. I have only recently
> discovered Pinterest and have been lurking around it to see if it's
> something I might enjoy using. At the moment, every time I visit
> someone's Pinterest page it makes me feel quite anxious.
>
>
>
> Currently, none of my accounts are locked, but there's always a
> hesitation to share usernames with colleagues, even if they're aware of
> certain geeky proclivities they may not care for the whiff of political
> leanings on my Tumblr, my reading choices on Goodreads and, back in the
> old days, my extremely ropy taste in music. I can understand people who
> lock accounts to separate the personal and professional because we all
> do censor ourselves to a certain degree to present a professional image
> and online interaction is quite brilliant at breaking your
> think-before-you-speak filter (as anyone who has participated in a
> 'someone on the internet is wrong' argument will know). Also, having an
> open account does leave you vulnerable to anonymous trolling. I remember
> someone getting very vocal about a book review on my personal blog once
> and it was quite a nasty experience. But I learned my lesson - never say
> anything mean about Sherlock Holmes on the internet.
>
>
>
> Anyway, late to the party, but really enjoying this discussion J
>
>
>
> Harpreet.
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>
>
> Harpreet Dhillon
>
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>
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>
>
>
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> Subject: [CIG-E-FORUM] Welcome!
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>
>
> Hello and welcome to the CIG eforum on social media in the
> cataloguing community!
>
>
>
> This morning we will be discussing individual and institutional
> use of Twitter and other social media. This afternoon, CIG are very
> pleased to welcome guest moderator Nicola Osborne, Social Media Officer
> for EDINA.
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> Nicola wrote a live blog post for the recent CIGS Web 2.0 and
> metadata seminar
>
>
> (http://nicolaosborne.blogs.edina.ac.uk/2012/03/02/liveblog-cigs-web-2-0
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> (http://prezi.com/yhvtvnly4evo/this-talk-is-meta-and-so-is-this-title/
> <http://prezi.com/yhvtvnly4evo/this-talk-is-meta-and-so-is-this-title/>
> ).
>
> From 1.30pm you will have the opportunity to ask Nicola
> questions about her presentation and she will also be introducing the
> topic of social media use in OPACs.
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>
>
> But for now, we'd like people to introduce themselves and
> describe their use of Twitter and other social media for either personal
> or professional use. I'll start by saying my interest is probably
> greater than my knowledge! I have been on Twitter for a couple of years
> but have only really "got it" in the last few months as a valuable tool
> for CPD.
>
> I find it really useful for links to blogs and articles. I don't
> use Facebook anymore but I am on LinkedIn and am very interested in
> pinterest (I love the pretty pictures!). I work for the RNIB, which has
> Facebook and Twitter accounts, including an account dedicated to
> accessible reading @RNIBread.
>
>
>
> So, what about you? Please share, whatever your level of
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