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I honestly don't understand whats wrong with this. It just seems like the natural progression of the services that Google already provides. If my friend searc

I honestly don't understand whats wrong with this. It just seems like the natural progression of the services that Google already provides. If my friend searches for a new phone, they should see my public reviews of the phones. Friends reviews should be made front and center because reviews from people we know are always more valuable. The way the page reads, it seems they will only use your reviews in ads for friends, I think that's fair, but if they use it for strangers too then I'll probably opt out.

jfb 13y ago
Me neither. It seems perfectly consonant with Google's entire MO, and not in any way out of line with the implicit or explicit usage agreement that people have with them. Perhaps the culture of G+ is such that this is unexpected, or perhaps it's just HN echo chamber bleating? I'm not a Google user, so I wouldn't presume to say.
kissickas 13y ago
I agree, it seems expected. Every time I +1 something it's with the goal of that turning up in someone's search results one day. They only use your reviews in ads for strangers if you share it with everyone. Just share it with one circle, and only people in that circle will see it, if I understand this correctly.
patrickaljord 13y ago
Nice to see some common sense on the subject here. Totally agree. This is a nice feature. I like seeing my friends reviews of Android and Chrome app I download. I would like to have the same feature for ads. This is great.
pjbrunet 13y ago
Shouldn't that be a conversation you have with your friend directly? Also it's not a recommendation for your friend, it's a recommendation to the general public. If I want to recommend something to my friends on Plus, don't I already have a "Friends" circle I can broadcast to?
- estel 13y ago
  It's not a recommendation to the general public: your existing +1s, reviews and comments were already shared with whatever circles you'd already opted to share them with; this option just has those recommendations appear next to adverts for /only/ those same people.
bjterry 13y ago
That's not exactly how this works. This only shows positive reviews that you've made for the product, not all of your reviews.
stormcrowsx 13y ago
I'd imagine advertiser's will request that bad reviews not show, so pretty much it will only be useful if you endorse something.

jfb 13y ago

Me neither. It seems perfectly consonant with Google's entire MO, and not in any way out of line with the implicit or explicit usage agreement that people have with them. Perhaps the culture of G+ is such that this is unexpected, or perhaps it's just HN echo chamber bleating? I'm not a Google user, so I wouldn't presume to say.

kissickas 13y ago

I agree, it seems expected. Every time I +1 something it's with the goal of that turning up in someone's search results one day. They only use your reviews in ads for strangers if you share it with everyone. Just share it with one circle, and only people in that circle will see it, if I understand this correctly.

patrickaljord 13y ago

Nice to see some common sense on the subject here. Totally agree. This is a nice feature. I like seeing my friends reviews of Android and Chrome app I download. I would like to have the same feature for ads. This is great.

pjbrunet 13y ago

Shouldn't that be a conversation you have with your friend directly? Also it's not a recommendation for your friend, it's a recommendation to the general public. If I want to recommend something to my friends on Plus, don't I already have a "Friends" circle I can broadcast to?

estel 13y ago
It's not a recommendation to the general public: your existing +1s, reviews and comments were already shared with whatever circles you'd already opted to share them with; this option just has those recommendations appear next to adverts for /only/ those same people.

bjterry 13y ago

That's not exactly how this works. This only shows positive reviews that you've made for the product, not all of your reviews.

stormcrowsx 13y ago

I'd imagine advertiser's will request that bad reviews not show, so pretty much it will only be useful if you endorse something.