"By clicking the +1, the article is sent directly to your Google+ feed"
Actually, it's worse than that - no one really seems to know where the +1's go, other than into Google's search rankings. To get it onto Google+, you have to first +1, then you get the Google+ share panel as a separate submission. There's also a separate share button somewhere at the top of the screen.
Would an alternative be to use the G+ integration to share articles with a circle of your fellow bloggers, much like you do with email now? One big feed of articles shared by you and with you seems more useful to me than even having them all in GMail.
Would an alternative be to use the G+ integration to share articles with a circle of your fellow bloggers, much like you do with email now? One big feed of articles shared by you and with you seems more useful to me than even having them all in GMail.
Just thinking out loud.
This is what I was thinking, but there are a few issues with this. The biggest being that there's no way to easily share an article with a certain circle of friends on Google+ from Google Reader. And since Google+ doesn't handle RSS yet that makes it even more complicated. I'm at a loss. I think the overall point of this article is that I don't ever expect anything to be done about this, but who knows.
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There is complaining to complain. Then there is complaining for a positive end, to hopefully make the changes that need to happen.
"To bitch or not to bitch?" I love this line. I shall quote you forevermore.
Actually, it's worse than that - no one really seems to know where the +1's go, other than into Google's search rankings. To get it onto Google+, you have to first +1, then you get the Google+ share panel as a separate submission. There's also a separate share button somewhere at the top of the screen.
FWIW, I blogged about these changes and some alternatives.
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Just thinking out loud.