Google+

About

Google+ (pronounced Google Plus and often written as "G+") is a social networking service created and operated by Google. It was in beta (and invitation-only) for much of July, but as of 2011-07-31 the home page and sign-in page showed no signs of any restriction, agreeing with a rumored July 31 release date.

Pages

• /suspensions: list of users whose accounts have been suspended due to ostensible naming policy violations
• /policy
  • /naming: the infamous "common name" policy, and the controversy regarding it

Staff

as of 2011-08-03

• Vic Gundotra - Google VP: apparently G+ falls under his umbrella and it is in some ways considered "his baby", although he has other projects as well
• Bradley Horowitz - VP Product, Google+
• Natalie Villalobos Community Manager for Google+
• Toby Stein - Community Manager for Google+
• Brian Rose - Community Manager for Google+ Photos
• Katherine Gramann - Community Manager for Google+ Hangouts
• Evan Steinberg - Community Manager for Google+ Mobile

Links

Official

• service home page

Reference

• Wikipedia
• unofficial Google+ Recommended Users lists

Related

• 2014/06/09 [L..T] Thanks for nothing, jerkface "In case you missed it, Google CEO Sergey Brin publicly admitted last week that Google+ was "a mistake" for him – one month after the man he hired to run the social network, Vic Gundotra, left the company without explanation."
• 2011/07/27 [L..T] Why it Matters: Google+ and Diversity Just a few days before Google+'s doors officially open on July 31, Google's latest communications from Vic (via Robert) and Bradley on the raft of account suspensions and “common names” policy seem unlikely to put the “identity crisis” to rest. It's certainly a positive sign that they're engaging, and process changes like giving people with names Google doesn't like a week to change their account name before suspending them are certainly improvements. That said, the impression they're giving is that they're going to try to hold the line with the current policy even knowing that it targets transgender people, human rights activists, people at risk for stalking and harrassment domestic violence survivors, HIV/AIDS victims and caregivers, people with names that sound weird to Americans (or for that matter people in Hong Kong who would rather go by their English names)..."
• 2011/07/26 [L..T] Fraudsters Already Exploiting Google+ It was inevitable. With the creation of Google+, a new social network already boasting over 20 million users, the scammers were sure to follow. Here's a note a probable fraudster sent to reader Geoff through his Google+ profile, informing him that someone died in Africa and he needs to be contacted about a "business transaction" of "magnitude."
• 2011/07/03 [L..T] Google made my son cry