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My brief experience with it so far is that it is a nice place to share and discuss photos.
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Just a quick question - isn't SC a good place to meet and discuss photographs?:confused: Not saying we all don't do this elsewhere, too, but I'm still trying to get my head around the purpose?
 
BB, the purpose is that there is no purpose.
I see shortly that some of my nutty friends will be sending updates like...
Butch found the holy grail in the search...

By, I'm gone at that point.
 
BBW said:
Just a quick question - isn't SC a good place to meet and discuss photographs?:confused: Not saying we all don't do this elsewhere, too, but I'm still trying to get my head around the purpose?
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SC is a fine place to meet and discuss photographs, but not every photographer hangs out here. I've met other photographers through Twitter and, now, Google+ that have been nice to meet. I live in a small town and I work from home, so I get little opportunity to hang out with people who share my interest in photography. Places like SC and social networking sites fill the void.
 
I see what you're saying and, of course, understand what you mean, Travis. I've made some pals on Flickr whose pictures I like to keep up with and I do comment and even email when I can.

I guess I'll have to experience Google + first hand to get the full picture, so to speak.
 
It is merely an extension to this site BB, another way for us to communicate...
For those that use it - we will find it useful, for those that don't, there will be nothing missed..
I initially raised the matter as Id like the site to have its own google circle that members can subscribe to to see updates to the site and what is going on?
At the moment, we are off creating our own circles and linking up...

Hopefully that, or I have just added who I thought were members and it might have been a bunch of random people/nutters :eek::eek:
 
Im guessing that Amin, or one of the mods would create a circle, or maybe create a google account for seriouscompacts.com and then create a Google+ circle for this site. We would all join, and for those of us running with this, we would get site updates as we are on the move and if using mobile camera's, we could post pictures straight to the group...

At the moment, individual people have created their own circles and are linking up that way - which would work, it is just not official. Maybe Amin should have a think about it and see how he wants to play it - we have time as it is still in beta, but I would definitely advise him to create a seriouscompacts google account just in case this does take off...

The bad side is that it is more work for Amin or a Mod as it is another place to go and update...
 
If i understand correctly, there is no way to create an "official" circle. Everyone's own circles are their own official circles. Don could put me in his "SC" circle, I could put him in my "Friends" circle as well as my "SC" circle, and neither he nor I would know which circles the other guy put us in without asking.
 
An official circle would be more like a FB group and there is no ability to establish 'groups' on G+ - presumably because Google already does Google Groups.

It could only work if one person e.g. Don were to establish his own SC circle and then make everyone from SC who is on G+ members. My issue is what exactly would this person put in any announcements to the circle? If we are already SC members then all we have to do is look at SC.

I think G+ might have more value because it enables us to potentially have conversations with other photographers outside the SC membership which are then accessible to those in our circles - including the SC type circles - and allows us to join in wider conversations.
 
Amin Sabet said:
If i understand correctly, there is no way to create an "official" circle. Everyone's own circles are their own official circles. Don could put me in his "SC" circle, I could put him in my "Friends" circle as well as my "SC" circle, and neither he nor I would know which circles the other guy put us in without asking.
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Thats exactly right, Amin. Everyone needs to understand that G+ is nothing like facebook.. Google Plus does NOT work for groups (yet. It might never). We each need to make our *own* circle (all it what you like, I called mine Seriouscompacts) and put only SC people in it. That way when we send something to the SC circle, everyone who is on G+ and is in the circle will get it. Some people have chosen to make their circle "photography" and have other photographers in it as well. Nothing wrong with that.

The other thing that everyone needs to understand is that being in a circle for one person (eg my serious compacts) does not mean that everyone in that circle of mine is in everyone else's as well. Thats why it doesnt matter a damn what you call your circles. Currently I have only 5 people in my SC circle. Only those 5 will get what I send to that circle. If someone else has someone I missed in *their* sc circle... that person will NOT see what I send. Its about individuals, and that individual's personal contacts. I also made the decision to make it a separate circle because I won't be sending to seriouscompacts what I might send to my very close friends. Thats why circles works. There's a separation of content. A ways of distributing stuff to one group (or person) without distributing to everyone on your list. The stream is like the facebook wall... but more easily controllled.

The thing is, its the forum thats the main area for our discussions, right? Surely we don't imagine that G+ can emulate that in any way.. because it can't. And, not everyone is going to want to be on G+ anyway. I am not sure I'll stick with it, the jury is out.
 
olli said:
It could only work if one person e.g. Don were to establish his own SC circle and then make everyone from SC who is on G+ members. .
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It cant even work like that, because thats Don's circle. Its not public and it never will be. Every one of us has to do this, unless, of course, some people don't actually want to participate outside the forum and may only want to get stuff Don posts. Because thats all that can happen. We can't post to Don's circle: its his, not "ours".
 

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