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As with pretty much anything that’s new, there’s always a learning curve. Google+ is no different and there are some fun and interesting features along with new and different ways to do things. With that in mind, I’ve thrown together a cheat sheet for anyone who’s interested in learning some of the basic ins and outs of G+.
| Post Formatting | ||||
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| *Text* | → | Text | You can mix and match any of the text formats to the left. | Mention other people in your posts by prefixing their name with either the + or @ symbols. |
| _Text_ | → | Text | ||
| -Text- | → |
Sharing |
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| You can add links, photos, or videos in your post by dragging and dropping them in to the share box. | Private messages aren’t an obvious feature, but you can do it by sharing with only one person and disabling reshare. | Clicking on the timestamp for any post will take you to a permalink for that post’s page. |
| To prevent someone from sharing your post, click on the arrow at the top-right of the post and select “Disable Reshare”. | ||
 Blue: Only people in the selected circle will see the post.
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 Green: People outside of your circles will see the post.
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| Circles and +1 | |
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| Circles function kind of like a combination of groups on Facebook and following someone on Twitter. You are following anyone in your circle, but they do not necessarily have to approve you or have you in one of their circles. | Clicking +1 on Google+ or elsewhere on the web is similar to “Like” on Facebook. Clicking it once will +1 that post, clicking it again will remove it. Clicking it on a post will not show in your stream, clicking +1 elsewhere on the web will. |
| Hotkeys | ||
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| Space | → | Scroll down Stream |
| Shift-Space | → | Scroll up Stream |
| J | → | Scroll down Single Post | K | → | Scroll up Single Post |
| Q | → | Jump to Chat |
| Return | → | Start a Comment |
| Tab, Return | → | Submit Comment |
If you’re aware of any errors above or anything that you think should be included here or has been added to Google+ since I posted this, please leave a comment and I’ll be sure to add it.
Dear Facebook,
Every time you release an update or tweak to your iPhone client, it becomes an even larger piece of shit while simultaneously not actually adding any worthwhile features from the standard site. From what I hear, you don’t even have a native iPad app yet. I can’t speak to your Android app, but knowing your iOS development cycle, I doubt it is any better. Frankly, this is pathetic. For a company that has it’s finger on the pulse of social networking more than any other, you seem to be neglecting an increasingly apparent future in mobile platforms. If you don’t want to get bitch-slapped by the likes of Google+ and Twitter, both of which embrace mobile usage at their very core, it might be time to pump some much-needed development in to native mobile applications. Your iOS and Android apps should mirror the features of today’s and tomorrow’s Facebook, not the Facebook of 2-3 years ago as it currently does. Until that happens, you’re just about begging something like Google+ to usurp your throne.
Sincerely,
Someone who likes your service, but will jump ship if you keep acting like you’re the only game in town.
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