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






763,251 followers
776 following
Average
3 comments per posting
6 reshares per posting
55 +1's per posting - Noze P.



40,971 followers
2,135 following
Average
4 comments per posting
2 reshares per posting
11 +1's per posting - Bearman Cartoons




35,021 followers
4,535 following
Average
24 comments per posting
4 reshares per posting
35 +1's per posting - Marketta Aaltonen


31,745 followers
4,609 following
Average
0 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
6 +1's per posting - Bobbie Today


28,491 followers
0 following
Average
12 comments per posting
1 reshares per posting
28 +1's per posting - Mellie B


26,260 followers
0 following
Average
10 comments per posting
4 reshares per posting
31 +1's per posting - Russell Deasley



23,736 followers
4,501 following
Average
3 comments per posting
2 reshares per posting
13 +1's per posting - Shared Circles on G+


23,697 followers
2,193 following
Average
0 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
0 +1's per posting - Farzana Shan


21,275 followers
0 following
Average
12 comments per posting
1 reshares per posting
19 +1's per posting - George Sepich





19,229 followers
0 following
Average
1 comments per posting
1 reshares per posting
4 +1's per posting - Frank Garufi Jr.






16,233 followers
3,240 following
Average
2 comments per posting
1 reshares per posting
5 +1's per posting - Lise Bjerregaard Nielsen




15,978 followers
2,571 following
Average
16 comments per posting
2 reshares per posting
31 +1's per posting - LD Williams




14,944 followers
2,799 following
Average
9 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
4 +1's per posting - Christophe Avon




14,858 followers
0 following
Average
0 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
1 +1's per posting - Allan Ewart



14,610 followers
4,568 following
Average
1 comments per posting
2 reshares per posting
4 +1's per posting - Jack Stanley


14,430 followers
4,292 following
Average
3 comments per posting
1 reshares per posting
3 +1's per posting - Doug Stryker

14,261 followers
0 following
Average
4 comments per posting
4 reshares per posting
19 +1's per posting - Nina Pelletier


14,138 followers
3,426 following
Average
6 comments per posting
9 reshares per posting
18 +1's per posting - john williams


13,882 followers
4,790 following
Average
1 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
5 +1's per posting - William L. Weaver






12,816 followers
0 following
Average
1 comments per posting
4 reshares per posting
2 +1's per posting - Jake McCuistion

12,321 followers
289 following
Average
0 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
0 +1's per posting - Preston Lively

11,735 followers
622 following
Average
2 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
2 +1's per posting - Steven Spence


11,439 followers
3,175 following
Average
11 comments per posting
1 reshares per posting
20 +1's per posting - Laston Kirkland


11,029 followers
4,504 following
Average
5 comments per posting
3 reshares per posting
10 +1's per posting - Oliver Miller


10,474 followers
0 following
Average
0 comments per posting
0 reshares per posting
2 +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: 4,094
Follower difference: 11 (0.27 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 5,046
Follower difference: 95 (1.92 %)
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: 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: 3,730
Follower difference: 77 (2.11 %)
Followers on 01/14/2012: 1,838
Follower difference: 139 (8.18 %)
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 %)

