[Cialug] CIALUG Google+ Circle

[Andrew Denner]

But they did get their name and account in front of you for a brief
moment, and there is a small chance that you may follow them back, it
is the same idea as twitter follower spam.

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Josh More <jmore at starmind.org> wrote:
>> I suspect you've just locked down your privacy settings more tightly.
>
> No disrespect, but I don't think you understand how Google+ works.  Or I don't.
>
> I don't think there's a way to adjust privacy settings.  Anyone can
> add anyone to their circles, and there's nothing to be gained from it,
> spammer-wise.  That's what really puzzles me about all the people
> who've added me to their circles.  They don't get anything except that
> they see any posts I make that I mark "public".  That's it.  They
> can't post to my stream or send me ads or anything like that.  It's
> not like Facebook "friends".
>
> --
> Todd
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