By Christine Gilbert
Recently, I gave away Google+ invites to anyone who wanted them. So far, I really like G+. It seems to be an improvement over Twitter and if people widely adopt it, it could be a Facebook alternative. My first thought was, “Yay! Another social site, fun.”
Now that I’ve had a few days to play with it, something has bothered me about Google’s latest strategy. I can’t ever leave G+ far behind. Now if you’re an internet addict like me, you might employ the same kind of techniques I do to get stuff done. I don’t open Facebook and Twitter all the time — in fact, I spend huge chunks of time online, doing research and writing — but I don’t go on those social media sites at all. I use them like little writing breaks. The... More...
