Will Google+ be the next big thing?

Not only do I feel responsible to test my Twitter, Linked-In and Facebook accounts, but I'm now also anticipated to create some time for a growing Google+ network. I know That I do not need to use Google+ but I do have to give it a try at least. Often it feels like I am developing social network fatigue. I am all tweeted out ; I don't have any more smart jokes frantic to be shared with the world ; I have snapped ( and shared ) almost all of my daily hum-drum surrounds ; and I am dissipated by the concept of finding yet more links that I definitely must not miss. Notwithstanding this, the instant Google+ was released I enrolled. I was enthusiastic to work out if something new had been added to the mix. The solution to which is a definite yes ; and no. On the other hand, Google+ is not so different to Facebook and Twitter. Long streams of in-going posts from chums, associates, folks you hardly remember and many that you have never really met. It's perfect if you are feeling desperate for some time wasting opportunity, though not that great if you are susceptible to being simply distracted from work to hand.

Being new to Google+ nevertheless, I dutifully added all kinds of folk to my Google+ circles.

Real mistake. What do some of those folks do? Aside from post items to social networks? Do they really have enough time to sleep given their 5 minute updates? They definitely can't work or they would not have the wherewithal to post all those animated gifs. The thing is, Google+ is like Twitter in that it essentially inspires you to add as many users to your network as practical. It is not like Facebook which many of us reserve for folk we know or have at least conversed with two times. In that way Google+ offers much more chaos than Facebook if you are not wary about how you expand your network.

A day or two in and I was close to shutting my Google+ account ( are you able to do that? ) and walk off. I did not really do that for one reason : I really think that Google is onto something here. The straightforward mistake to make is to consider Google+ as a social network.