Finally got my hands on Google+ yesterday.  It’s the revolutionary new initiative by Google proclaiming they will crush Facebook to its toenails.  It will redefine sharing from it’s roots by putting people into circles.  Sort of like high school,  but the worldwide web is an open book.

Currently, Google+ has closed invitations.  I wasn’t able to invite people who didn’t have Gmail addresses anyway.  It seems a little strange that Google Apps addresses aren’t working yet.

Users on Google+ are given the option of which Circles of contacts to share a piece of content with, each and every time they post something. The equivalent of other newsfeed site updates in realtime doing most things on the service requires admirably few clicks.

Personal pictures, posts and location check-ins could quickly leak into the public domain this way. The Google+ equivalent of the newsfeed updates in realtime and doing most things on the service requires admirably few clicks. These are very good attributes for a new site that’s seeking to win people over through ease of use,” writes FT Tech Hub.

After getting a circle of friends together,  everything is sharable.  Similar to Tumblr’s re-blogging feature.  If you share a picture of a tuna helper recipe,  it can get “stolen” by just about anyone.   This may bring security concerns for those who won’t want things like that to happen.

As Uncle Ben (from Spider-man) would say,  “With great power, comes great responsibility”.  This applies to social networks as well.  Google has just opened a door to a round of security possibilities or regurgitate common ones.  Keep your pants buckled.