Google Plus streams (Posts) were a new
technology. I’ve evolved some practices to make it easier to use
and more valuable for me.
I already follow sixty blogs on Google
Reader. I’m reading for my own development, but also forward a
fair amount, say one out of three, to friends and customers who I
know have an interest in a subject. You can see the blogs I subscribe
to on the bottom of the right column on this blog, where they are
titled Good Ideas. I blog on
Sales Lab Posts
and Through
The Browser.
The Google Plus Profile
stream is my outgoing stream that I send. The Google Plus Home
stream is incoming from the Google Plus pages I follow and is not
visible to others.You should see one on your Plus page.
Outbound
If I write something, I have three
circles I send it to Team, Friends, and Acquaintances.
That goes to their Plus streams. I have sent some posts to Team
alone. Friends were originally humor contributors.
I also include Public for anyone
who comes looking at my stream and as a record of anything I
originate.
If I want a stream post to go to
someone’s email (higher priority) I send it to an email not
associated with their Plus page.
Inbound
When someone I’m following on Plus
writes something that I really like, I follow a similar practice,
first send to Public for a record in my stream for me, then usually
to people who I know will be interested, either to their Plus page
for their stream or to another email address. Maybe one time in a
hundred I will send something written by someone
else to my whole list.
A difference between reading Plus
stream and Reader is that Plus stream posts come most recent first.
Reader allows me to read by author, which is especially good when I
am looking for a previous post. Plus is more entertaining, and less
formal – many of the people I follow on Plus don’t have a blog. I
follow blogs and news outlets on Reader.
Posting Practices
I develop an idea in a blog post, and
then expand from
my platform to other platforms.
If I want to extend someone else’s
idea, that goes to a comment under their post.
If I want to disagree with someone, I
let it sit for an hour. If I still want to disagree, I let it sit for
a day. If I still want to disagree I let it sit forever. Disagreement
usually comes back as a positive idea that merits a blog post.
If I like something and have nothing to
add, I’ll + it or like it, whatever a platform will allow.
What are your practices?
Posts
