Google+ Suggestion

[andrewducker]

It would be nice if it suggested which group someone belongs in. Not hard
for them to do:
Bob Smith has added you. He is in the circles of 6 people you know, all
of which are in your "Perverts" circle. He is probably also a Pervert.

(Posted here because I can't be arsed typing all of that on my phone, and I
can't get to G+ from work computers.)

Comments

[accordingly.livejournal.com]

Circles are secret though so they couldn't do that.

Also I'm fairly certain all my friends are perverts :P

[andrewducker]

They couldn't tell me what circles other people had them in.

But if I was adding you, it would tell me that all of the people I already have in my circles that have you in their circles are in my "Edinburgh" circles, and thus you should probably also be in my "Edinburgh" circle.

(Which is where you are, despite your spacial relocation.)

[accordingly.livejournal.com]

Oh I see! I misunderstood and thought you meant which circles other people had the new person in. That would make sense then, yes!

And my mum and my cats are still in Edinburgh therefore I'm still an Edinburgh person :)

[akicif.livejournal.com]

Something else that would be useful is when you look at someone else's profile and are shown a bunch of other people in that person's circles, it should only show you the people that that person had in the same circle(s) you are in - if I knwo someone through one of their interests I'm more likely to be interested in other folk they classify me along with than people they share a completely different interest with....

[andrewducker]

But that would reveal information about other people's circles, which Google aren't likely to do (much like lj friend lists, which are also secret).

[apostle-of-eris.livejournal.com]

I take it for granted there's an API in the pipeline . . .

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

So perverts would cover about 85% of my friends.