Circle-Creator: Daniel Baker
2012-01-13 19:15:44
501 Profiles, 3 Reshares, 5 +1's, 0 Comments
Google+ is amazing, and here is why: Google+ is based on interests, ideas, and the spreading around ...Google+ is amazing, and here is why: Google+ is based on interests, ideas, and the spreading around of jokes, discussions, politics, photography, holidays, and interesting news. I would have never heard of SOPA or NDAA without Google+, I probably wouldn't know who Tebow is, and I wouldn't have realized just how many fans Ron Paul has.
However, I was studying some data and found something interesting. close to 80% of Google+ users aren't even using Google+ to its full potential. According to a distribution of the number of followers and following data collected, 82-86% if Google+ users have less than 100 in their circles and less than 100 following them. That is huge. With a MOE of +/- 4.2%, only about 6-7% of users have more than 100, and frankly you need at the very least 200 in your circles to grab the wide variety of incoming news, trends, and outrageous things coming down the tube.
While in Facebook many say having 200 friends or more shows how popular you are, in reality your brain can only handle about 150 real relationships, after that you are kidding yourself, and those extra people are just...buffers to make you seem cooler. Google+ should have much fewer friends, and more unknowns. I only have say 5 people I actually know in my circles, because this isn't about catching up, this is about getting out there and seeing the new funny stuff happening, see what the world is about, and connecting with hundreds of people for the purpose of exchanging interesting information rather than phone numbers (although that is cool too).
So help your friends out. If you see someone who posts a decent amount but with few comments and +1's, share a circle of people with them, heck share a circle with everyone. Actually, I think I will do that now. These are the people who have added me, and I post very little. but follow them and you will see a good mix of some politics, some humor, and of course, some interesting photos and things you never thought you would be into.
- Jackie M






669,577 followers
774 following
Average
3 comments per posting
31 reshares per posting
136 +1's per posting - Noze P.



40,019 followers
2,209 following
Average
7 comments per posting
7 reshares per posting
27 +1's per posting - Bearman Cartoons




30,606 followers
4,648 following
Average
15 comments per posting
6 reshares per posting
31 +1's per posting - Marketta Aaltonen


30,390 followers
4,793 following
Average
0 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
0 +1's per posting - Bobbie Today


27,165 followers
0 following
Average
16 comments per posting
2 reshares per posting
30 +1's per posting - Shared Circles on G+


23,539 followers
2,317 following
Average
9 comments per posting
5 reshares per posting
19 +1's per posting - Farzana Shan


21,004 followers
0 following
Average
26 comments per posting
17 reshares per posting
69 +1's per posting - Russell Deasley



20,694 followers
4,670 following
Average
3 comments per posting
2 reshares per posting
9 +1's per posting - Mellie B


18,934 followers
0 following
Average
9 comments per posting
2 reshares per posting
28 +1's per posting - George Sepich





18,777 followers
0 following
Average
1 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
4 +1's per posting - Frank Garufi Jr.






15,786 followers
3,374 following
Average
2 comments per posting
1 reshares per posting
6 +1's per posting - Lise Bjerregaard Nielsen




15,344 followers
2,545 following
Average
15 comments per posting
2 reshares per posting
29 +1's per posting - Jack Stanley


14,071 followers
4,252 following
Average
2 comments per posting
1 reshares per posting
7 +1's per posting - Nina Pelletier


13,827 followers
3,589 following
Average
6 comments per posting
3 reshares per posting
19 +1's per posting - john williams


13,779 followers
4,833 following
Average
1 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
6 +1's per posting - William L. Weaver






12,828 followers
0 following
Average
1 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
1 +1's per posting - Jake McCuistion

12,344 followers
299 following
Average
0 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
0 +1's per posting - Albie Bach


11,984 followers
4,735 following
Average
1 comments per posting
1 reshares per posting
3 +1's per posting - Preston Lively

11,717 followers
655 following
Average
2 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
2 +1's per posting - Steven Spence


10,928 followers
3,889 following
Average
8 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
18 +1's per posting - Laston Kirkland


10,656 followers
4,801 following
Average
5 comments per posting
4 reshares per posting
12 +1's per posting - Oliver Miller


10,425 followers
0 following
Average
0 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
0 +1's per posting - LD Williams




10,179 followers
2,845 following
Average
36 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
7 +1's per posting - Doug Stryker

9,292 followers
0 following
Average
3 comments per posting
5 reshares per posting
19 +1's per posting - Mikie Elmo




9,025 followers
4,831 following
Average
1 comments per posting
2 reshares per posting
7 +1's per posting
Followers on 01/14/2012: 1,976
Follower difference: 45 (2.33 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 15,112
Follower difference: 186 (1.25 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 5,717
Follower difference: 31 (0.55 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 3,494
Follower difference: 100 (2.95 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 4,849
Follower difference: 78 (1.63 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 4,137
Follower difference: 42 (1.03 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 5,725
Follower difference: 136 (2.43 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 5,046
Follower difference: 95 (1.92 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 4,094
Follower difference: 11 (0.27 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 3,929
Follower difference: 34 (0.87 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 1,472
Follower difference: 35 (2.44 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 2,547
Follower difference: 38 (1.51 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 2,412
Follower difference: 47 (1.99 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 6,187
Follower difference: 57 (0.93 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 5,157
Follower difference: 33 (0.64 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 3,286
Follower difference: 40 (1.23 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 9,270
Follower difference: 88 (0.96 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 2,250
Follower difference: 13 (0.58 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 1,779
Follower difference: 8 (0.45 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 2,762
Follower difference: 23 (0.84 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 3,730
Follower difference: 77 (2.11 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 1,872
Follower difference: 65 (3.60 %)

