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Thoughts on Google+ from Andy Ihnatko

> But these are just personal observations and opinions. Do keep in mind that Google+ isn’t even in public beta yet. I love it, but this might even be partly due to the intensely clubby nature of this highly-restricted invite-only test community. It’s all nerds, or first-circle nerd associates. At this early, limited stage, it’s like Google+ is a social networking service where they won’t let you sign in until you’ve correctly answered a 10-item lightning round quiz of Doctor Who, Star Wars, New Gods, and 1990’s video game trivia. > > (I posted that line to my Google+ feed on Saturday.) > > It’ll undergo nonstop tinkering before the doors are thrown open to the huddled masses. And when that finally happens, Google+ can finally be judged. That’s when (presumably) we’ll start seeing ads. That’s also when the same marketers and promoters who feel commanded by God to ruin every corner of the Internet will start polluting and gaming Google+ with schemes to get attention for their products, celebrities and scams. > > So we all have that to look forward to.
via [suntimes.com](http://www.suntimes.com/business/6378225-420/facebooks-video-chat-shows-site-is-all-about-connecting-with-people.html)
Andy Ihnatko points out some of my exact thoughts since I started playing around with Google+. It’s clean; it’s full of juicy content. Devoid of all the lame-brained usual noise you have to sift through on Facebook to get to anything worthwhile. But that’s because it’s early. And it’s a nerd fest. As soon as everyone joins, the ads get turned on, and the spammers show up, you’ll be left with nothing but a near Facebook clone. Does the world really need this? And do we really want to turn over all that data to Google, any more than we want to turn it to Facebook?