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Openbook.Social

I’ve been communicating with the folks behind OPENBOOK, a crowdfunded, secure but open social platform, a lot lately and I really have high hopes that this can be the new home for us... but they will not have a full Beta of their service till early 2019. I’ve been pushing for a lot of things that make G+ a good home... and I think a lot of them will be there.

Their main page is here : https://www.openbook.social/en/home

You can read about how things got rolling on the Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1520156881/openbook-privacy-friendly-fun-and-honest-social-ne

I have gotten excellent feedback and responses and they are very interested in welcoming Google+ users and there will be a way for us to move our posts and content over with us!

I really encourage everyone to go and sign up for their notifications and beta access list.

Google has abandoned us but we won’t
https://www.openbook.social/en/home

Comments

  1. This looks very promising. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Bodhipaksa I backed it on Kickstarter before the announcement so I was already interested... and quite honestly I have been expecting Google to do this--- they abandoned G+ a long time ago and were just looking for an excuse.

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  3. Dankeschön für diese Information K.B. Burnfield​ , es hört sich vielversprechend an!!
    Wird das nutzen der Plattform kostenlos sein?

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  4. What I most need is functionality allowing posts in communities to be hidden from the poster's main circle.

    For example, suppose I join two communities for which the majority of members feel antipathy toward each other's topics; e.g., theoretical computer science and online interactive digital entertainment.

    Most theoretical computer scientists are nerds who study computer science because they like the topic itself, not because they want to show off their knowledge. They usually like to be left alone while studying, and dislike unwanted company. They usually like discussing mathematical topics.

    Conversely, most online interactive digital entertainment otaku are geeks who enjoy showing off their skills to other users. They usually like to be around other users online, but because they are not technically-inclined, they tend to dislike discussing mathematical topics.

    Now, suppose a social network user wishes to maximize the number of new followers from both groups of users.

    Without functionality allowing posts in communities to be hidden from the poster's main circle, every time that the user submits posts in both communities, there is a risk that someone from the former community who likes a post there will follow a link to that user, then see a post in the latter community that he/she dislikes, decide that the user cannot possibly be a true computer scientist, and decide not to follow that user. If the post in the latter community were invisible in that user's main circle, this situation could be avoided.

    Collections do not help in this case, since the objective is to hide posts in the latter community from potential new followers in the former community. What is needed, instead, is functionality allowing posts in communities to be hidden from the poster's main circle.

    That way, potential new followers from the former community who follow a link to the poster's main circle never see that user's posts in the latter community, and therefore do not risk disliking that user on the basis of that user's posts in the latter community.

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  5. Benjamin Russell I've long griped that on G+ you could only either have all your Community affiliations public or none of them. I made the only reasonable choice, none, which means that G+ Communities are Where Content Goes to Die. (I've made a point of re-sharing G+MM content to a Collection for wider visibility, both my own and others' posts.)

    The ability to set visibility on a per-Community / per-Forum basis would be hugely useful, yes.

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  6. Robert Wallis Where are you finding that page? App or Web client? Because I've never seen that before.

    Ok, found it: Profile => Edit Profile

    There's another control under Settings which is a toggle for all Communities.

    I don't know when the Profile controls showed up, but given that G+ didn't "always" have Communities (they first apeared ~ Dec 2012), the control wasn't always there.

    G+ mystery-meat controls have been par for the course.

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  7. I'm interested in these folks because they claim to be moving toward implementing on Solid, which will give users control over their data. K.B. Burnfield was it pretty easy to reach the Open book management team?

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  8. Robert Wallis Thanks, yes, edited my comment above.

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  9. That's very interesting, Gideon Rosenblatt.

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  10. Bodhipaksa, here's where they talk about that:

    Will Openbook be decentralised?
    We want to get there eventually. We’re looking into Solid MIT approach (The one from Tim Berners Lee) and we’re very pleased with it so far.

    Our first versions will however be centralised.

    We do this because it’s then easier to focus on innovating in the product features and overall user experience. These things will determine whether we’ll reach the user base necessary to take on existing social networks.

    If we succeed at this, sky’s the limit into what we can do in regards to decentralisation!
    openbook.social - Openbook | A social network for a better tomorrow.

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  11. Hooray! You're number 993 on our waitlist.

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  12. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nU9HlGEdxlYfgj-MUvlPscsTagT-2aAuDyfdiZ0tWcffm-Sob-HfT1c0tZTSXT6PUGscMWSN3s71zkSMyHubRqbSnVWbjqI88-pW=s0

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  13. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/FP5bf6e5gjxi7tnWK18IdNppnr63AVM3H6WC7PIKDjJdsOevjnXeOeHcUAioNl6HUQjBQG0mGoUV6pVr8g6j2nnk_ldWtbb6K---=s0

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  14. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ejRFG9Ybet7bSHRMYPRD3g0VmOfzYTh6yES85a6Kxr9qNwS5ckTQbDXH6oE57RKSZjSMsKG1PGcj8NwfqeNlpOaf0E8WUWcrRyg7=s0

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  15. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/eQbWRZ0iLVqsoQ4s9Xsju1SdqupavdpSXvc_IiJgnYJghd5QxNAY7Z0fqDkRcP9MRPbwuAeGla0O9i42ig9tKIbWhaJCgKjZ-srZ=s0

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  16. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/83psEF8bmG0XPRn8G9qk9ImVWBXvQm5DAbFD9M33xyZnBlkGQ0P1qfR3qc2m0La9Wz1lKgMxYWIN3zD3gCGc0jmYNhz8tY8cmzgV=s0

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  17. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ti8g75QCl6oWbGaCojbq2VwcP_CwpRkgw9ijPoUNy8LXqjgbhRTMxvYArGfYr0Qwd2yHVXanLbbvlxS2FFDhOx3I0EMfzLxX5e-i=s0

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  18. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3AR_URb28994fx0b_iTi48MCXtYRh7IXUvlpDrmyWXBXMmV1cpfuViSuZWI4wBKDnlSR6wLQZxk3ZUDkVWHfqTqnyf7HQ03wrOzf=s0

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  19. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2k8-G1e9-R5wxk2IXzG45oRaQfuOr1EZWwBW99eEcRLYtqJMFRB59_MyGi8eDLmypvviN8py_57frbNkCale7uDfxx4a3-qX_0Uw=s0

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  20. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Fy0tEqC5vlg8rN4lVgonOh4UuoSC47QCFsVYsfclJE6DAwlJAOra5OI7D7wD6WQ8fIDRfZJIptIMDFs63Ad2JKy-hMkDU_1c9ylY=s0

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  21. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/syl_7XiMWHUPpyc4eC3aosSHOx3FT73ys61kjxAziNFwST6eo57Ko2YwjqB0OMN76yygryNWs8l5VickRxVDYCwn4GlgDnD9EpZD=s0

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  22. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wnu6e1OMJULlKXbMZGjwgM_gov50bWVtoOKff_n_eY8jLfadByaybPxlRpmTSZ4rNVbdPHSOw_g3bsgfuIBqgYQVUwhnCbifu06y=s0

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  23. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/eYKvKVkiit-UQbtjMRipH1Q7wEEIFLW-PVSy0wijvWfkXGxcKENjd6NnX7MyDO9uckz9HCDc54lvg3FJzqQF3iEqMDMK_iMMqSTY=s0

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  24. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/l9apnPlygg246uA7Q21hyfNngcTJsJSIPSi435BbJktvKPx9VyrN1hzMbujY9JdXhMdN1Qt_2fLY9L4yj-qmc61h8fLEiC-KP0XS=s0

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  25. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/eA1i_bIgcABydiZYEt8SJ2zA5S8i2fcUbFBNzN5DerWXaXrEdaHndhUpv0yewfj6nSAgBs6llpMbPJYpXqFdMUGcOjdKyQFaFyOa=s0

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  26. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZXhzvv3IsOe4SidL8xNPNCn11K3CgHkjkC0Fm-LZaIPNgfON9EGjb5vx-SsDS_iUhN-Klgdi-FbXKGTU6qx4ttoK16yiUkANzhOh=s0

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  27. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/D-gjzcofX8-LLrECKAYT7L2GHevywmsXrljCey7dBXCxLdTVBzZNfY50kcKZHh0vRLPGw54lr8ISJ-3c96yV-r5qQyt26Vr7D6Xv=s0

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  28. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bYX-EvNLnA4J6HuDyiNU9-fwLSdPdifgxPjnnYTiHIN_wqeCu0oXZnvRaF6jD2lFkGC-wGwPgJTpDuY4DUmFff8f1NMiEBpDW3Tk=s0

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  29. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RRrM6Z-kd8S0DpObAn6FIXB23mVunjSSEBETIuAnymsT0C_9nVRmDXoZd4lO_lwCQ4zea5AuhaqdAmg78SRA8UB2NB6Tnq7MEQm_=s0

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  30. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Dwx7WyqZaXQW0fEDnXsMyDJlf-sIb4MvESrnF0wI6al3D-4Kx73iXXgoSzfrmpmxaeP4CJdsQ6WtvYERp5MFZuJ_vfhzLqRHc49c=s0

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  31. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-crQxw1tubzU8gZtJGZiCspfr9rnzqFbarJod2FXs0coMEgX7DqbyaHtBwwJvVMHehh9nsxcg4oAFs4lyKpdv1isqRP-0FguUSW_=s0

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  32. I will promote Open Book in the coming month, in front of two million to four million people on G+ groups.
    With good promotion they can expect to have the social opportunity to develop a worthwhile user community.

    I know nothing about Open Book, and I will find out. Was asked a week back about these people.
    Anything But Facebook! Anything But Twitter! . . .Almost anything.

    The time frame is reasonable and a stable platform in July works just fine. Real language support and basic free speech [ not the nightmarish European, German, Londonistan or Facebook or Twitter kind ] are always highest priorities.

    All For One And One For All! That Is The Principle.

    It's all about teamwork. Especially these days when we see so much division and destruction and treachery and lawlessness.
    There are many things about which to deeply worry. There is a great deal of social connectivity that needs to be re-established.

    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ievr-174rY_5GgFvrzpcN8CnMGcOEx3OSGkE6VorpaedMxod_fzqlArpKcMO9NX4soYBmB9JdVy495uQc1edmQdko-K2nCmfIMM8=s0

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  33. Edward Morbius > I don't know
    > when the Profile controls showed
    > up, but given that G+ didn't
    > "always" have Communities (they
    > first apeared ~ Dec 2012), the
    > control wasn't always there.

    Indeed; this is the first time that I have ever heard of that setting, and I have visited that profile settings location many times in the past. It must have been added rather recently.

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  34. Benjamin Russell I discovered the setting by accident when I found one spam account 'systematically' trying to apply membership from my communities. I've never tried to hide my communities in my profile before but when that happened I tried looking into the Settings to see if there's something I can do about it. And I did this around 2014 or 2015 so I'm pretty sure it's not that recent.

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  35. Halfey Halphstein > And I did this
    > around 2014 or 2015 so I'm pretty
    > sure it's not that recent.

    In other words, this feature was added on a while after communities were implemented, and not at the start.

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  36. According to Openbook's waitlist registration page,

    "Hooray! You're number 1360 on our waitlist."

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  37. The problem is that there are only 1360 people on their waitlist.

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  38. Benjamin Russell
    Es wird aber vielleicht doch sehr viele Leute geben, die tragen sich nicht in Wartelisten ein.
    Ich bin auch an Openbook interessiert...
    Aber ich schreibe mich nicht auf Wartelisten! ;)

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  39. Andi Droid I see. However, if you signed up for their waitlist, the number of people on their waitlist would increase, and this might trigger even more people to sign up.

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  40. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/vlWrQGMOD0pYirfTG7KS27pktHhfxHihsdYxm_23bfY25C94FvHKdSRtjkIW0Gt7JKqFPmKgkHQFXvVNwEwod1CkO0YUAqr_NcK3=s0

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  41. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/M20yLdmvKp5Rw9Ipind87J4PYgJw2eDT8QkA0SBY2inkgqxgqMLsV0Lhw0WIh8m0ymHM8AEd3x1lfyUsVoNF3iADKlEOm6iUjsiq=s0

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  42. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/QRa57vwUZOU_ANNQS6kGcZfGkYOmxyMxLrA72SxISHkJcBpWpV9OTTAThlPopz5fO0kORPZ1NmmNWkXniXIe1bE6z6gpkS65_UCr=s0

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  43. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pJ6Bg4ypioLTzIeuA5W6jOhDPNEZrPGBxSknSkfAVqbPB1nxafJ25nFMqPMDy8YMfpS3zmIRR3xMDsqgg4hIUmNyEq8p11HWRbsp=s0

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  44. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_MTTTSpeBPtQ3tHauE4pYwRX0CERwzRbjHnQrAeQyRR67_jBKiN_yxcVq8P1Nfv0qYsvR8T9IrmKLhAC0GnYB_k1PrIr4mmn-6Zv=s0

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  45. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rg3-ngegr6xZpQPvX_MGyEa_oyXqgyhbAc2yAWp7rTwcTPh-VFcxX2ZB1_AY_sFPSiqIY1CGFB_qxvNCbVkyi-hG0x4rkijPpwNg=s0

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  46. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XHNoLABOHzkbx0hGM19SOObLwKe6QY6ZXLjfs3j6DhdmuJxDj_0c-lRbh6IjJ2iJrCO2_z27UjkP2AdpEh9o_k59lzcEGAPZzm0S=s0

    ReplyDelete
  47. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LxY_r3Yv_IX9ZVKZ2hv_x6S6gTzR53sMw_dLmg8-GjamjjQawpHH7a2_E3aLy0_CVqk_r106-sKE7_uXxvprUrevw6bT-5SdlqMk=s0

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  48. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xTUlWtLRKjqOzyssDciUrJYWN6fhrLSYGVPtRfONPWY-FdPGOUL1HzdMuGG-RYt2Qzb9yRqnGR7F3vuBD_MwAmMKqgsqbLFIjWcZ=s0

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  49. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/WRMUCH-TugvP2U-bHjXpNpnFSJCxKCZJsmy1fnerrc0RdV7QlpSA7ljcJWnzcqQ27bYROcbSb0jz6YPMmrYO4VNDie6hHDIxC5_v=s0

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  50. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2rZHpRR7nVhcP5jR5aoX_arj7_d4SoB-inXym8cVRh5GFXkhUEM43U9aXUkBwDtuFH7jsX8qZ_LZq5dtXvHs9iQ1juqj37ZPJfe5=s0

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  51. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/cBtd42nrBQEl490NfgKEbKUxw-3vylp4xB2T-x4Ji_d4pzjbxsSyA7rY1k_U2nkVKGnE1klpcD6jh8X6eW7Xel4ELhdyf9Zu2lVT=s0

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  52. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4aQJg3oU2YEe3FVkSYjIDoXU84VBnifsk2khmUeEW0k8CXlG3NK20ASt1XuFR-UhfdG1XWQ8MLBFheZUU6_q5rcAjeDJnQHzdLz3=s0

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  53. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fbC3PZed-8CIzZI3TVMZIA4KRQgS4zvtm52J071Zl0I3ZkfVydDxKncxevosyluh5J888V2-IOBGqqzyWVwVFyBGQIyREBDRUuwM=s0

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  54. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oRLNIMkCetlXBRv3VxXM73FvgXk5Cx7RX97480g1JsKLMr_jmh6WbH5UEzBN4eHBwXQ80dC7ZurgjCG765W7mZ8hamKInTqVHwV1=s0

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  55. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LSDgWgROHHanbqs9cOMy9j4JMV7SjwS1hlmZrzz2lVK56cImFeAuSIheeBjUt75H3YQKBV6SS_m3FlEmFjoz3V2aBozLDozkcfyD=s0

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  56. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DHG3GSnyADnXBY6GjCFHUlDDYXM9vnIAAvgRmxbKhW3gl0HfYg3WUAQ0QdlDA03uMqMOaCemBNY4PlpAldJSWIy6GxOp3dzC9VK_=s0

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  57. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fP2BKX6GD28paYxrw_OZ_z_tXJfcCeduGjagzZSd5EZ-yPvwo_QyYFgzAZByT-apQ0tNEkqEg81Oo0SGvw8fTj_gbqNMQtjuQn-9=s0

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  58. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OpuU5OpbPJCkqypDr5nuGqQzeduitQybpQnjtKik0r5XXyxt2x_WQoLhdBmiNgk65zwlHx1J1Zv8KeWR2RprH-RXouDK3f-o52zo=s0

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  59. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ek7dRH5Gjk-mLr5r6tZovZOoi_RgDrcendoHojLewSbeyXkw2Wipr8HJyyG2tOanR0JtBpwzTunNlDoLISOlJuwzT6Dv66AhpW1_=s0

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  60. Benjamin Russell
    I let a million people know about Openbook. On four G+ groups.

    For example, I packaged word of G+ Migration [ incl. Openbook ] with my posts on Planetary Herbology to major G+ groups with total member counts of 873K.
    These G+ groups are The Herbal Medicine and Holistic Living.

    Add to that the 278K of G+ Technology+ and you get a simple total of 1.14M, which is nothing to sneeze at.
    The latter post was reshared several times.
    If my post to G+ Harry Potter included the info on Openbook, then the total jumps to 2M.

    So the Openbook people will have their chance to do something worthwhile.
    Building social connectivity is a highest priority for me, and being the strategic type I am very forward looking.

    I have been thinking in planetary terms almost all of my adult life.
    Maybe that's a Pisces thing.
    The point is that I get the job one, and everyone knows it.

    My social footprint on G+ is enormous and has long term effects.

    I think it was the 1968 Whole Earth Catalog that got me going on this whole planetary thing, in 1969.

    Their motto was:
    "We Can't Put It Together. It IS Together."
    I attended a Stewart Brand talk in Seattle in the Nineties, and spoke with him.

    Of course, back in the Cincinnati Ohio of the Sixties no one ever thought we'd have stuff like the internet.
    I did not think I would be working on global cultural stuff either.

    A lot of social and cultural work is highly opportunistic. You try stuff.
    Same as politics and mysticism and software engineering.
    Basically you run experiments and see what happens.
    Who knows what will happen?

    Too bad few people ever tried to make good use of Google Plus.
    Especially since we are now losing the whole platform.
    Miles to go before I sleep.


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/w_kcV3Q-jmOnwz-o2Tj2ZVxY2ZbpeQ_I9grriwsbF5ZC0e-aK_Kgmxj6Qh17tPNbpY5a4vEWL_wUWb8JLnjXW9MfiDHFHGmF9at1=s0

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  61. Benjamin Russell​
    Nun,... Seit ich irgendwo am Internet teilnehme habe ich es verabscheut, mich für eine kleine, einmalige Meinungsäußerung ersteinmal anmelden zu müssen.
    Deshalb habe ich bisher noch nie einen Kommentar unter einen Medienartikel gesetzt.
    Ich bin mir 100% sicher, dass es viele andere Leute gibt, die sich auch nicht extra, für das hinterlassen ihrer Meinung registrieren wollen.
    Deshalb sollten sich die Medien darüber bewusst sein, dass die Kommentare unter ihren Berichten nicht das eigentliche Meinungsbild der ganzen Internetteilnehmer abbilden.

    Ebenso sollten sich die Macher von Openbook sehr bewusst sein... Es wird immer sehr, sehr viele Menschen geben, die sich keinesfalls auf Wartelisten eintragen!!!
    Und die Macher von Openbook sollten wissen...
    1. Wird dieses Openbook, seit dem Google Beschluss zum Google+ Aus, von vielen sehr dringend erwartet...
    2. Viele G+ Nutzer haben inzwischen verschiedene "Notlösungen" probiert, sind mit ihrem "Fund" jedoch nicht zu 100% zufrieden!!!
    Denn bisher gibt es leider nichts vergleichbares zu Google+.
    3. Um mit Openbook Erfolg zu haben, muss es unbedingt eine integrierte Übersetzer-Funktion, so wie hier auf G+ geben!
    Ein Übersetzer sollte wie Google Übersetzer aufgebaut sein. Der Nutzer hat bei diesem Übersetzer die Möglichkeit, eine fehlerhafte Übersetzung zu verbessern. Der Übersetzer lernt dadurch selbstständig. Dadurch hat Google es erreicht, durch die "Nutzer"~Korrekturen, in der Vergangenheit, heute eines der besten Übersetzer Produkte auf dem Markt zu haben!! ;)
    4. Kommen die Nutzer eines sozialen Netzwerk gleichzeitig über Browser und über App. So machen es fast alle, die ich kenne auch bei G+.
    Einige Dinge sind einfach immer viel bequemer am großen Monitor zu überblicken... Und andere Dinge erledigt man gerne zwischendurch über App.
    5. Ist es wichtig für die Nutzer, dass deren Beiträge auch leicht von ausserhalb der Plattform gefunden werden!
    6. Ist es unbedingt notwendig, dass die Rechte der Nutzer, an eigenen Daten und eigenen Beiträgen, unangetastet in der Datenhoheit des jeweiligen Nutzers bleiben!!
    7. Wenn es dann noch Möglich ist, bequem eigene Kreise, Sammlungen und Community's anzulegen und die Beiträge zu kommentieren, dann wird ein neues soziales Netzwerk ganz sicher viel Zulauf erhalten!!!
    8. Sollten für das Konto Kosten anfallen, wird es jedoch viele Interessierte, von der Registrierung abhalten!! Sollten erst später, nach Registrierung einmal Regeländerungen für Kosten sorgen... So ist das keine gute Idee des Betreibers!!
    Denn der normale Nutzer ist nicht bereit, für eine nicht kommerzielle Nutzung, im sozialen Netzwerk zu zahlen. ;)
    9. Ein kleiner, zurückhaltender Anteil von Werbung würde jetzt, nach dem G+ Debakel, sich für ein unbegreztes kostenloses Nutzerkonto akzeptiert werden.

    10. Nein, ich werde mein bisheriges Verhalten nicht ändern! Ich werde mich auch zukünftig nicht auf Wartelisten anmelden. Und ich werde mich auch zukünftig nicht in Gästebüchern oder sonstwo registrieren, nur um einmalig einen kleinen Kommentar bzw. mein Meinungsbild zu hinterlassen. ;)

    Nachsatz,
    falls es für die Openbook Macher interessant ist!?!
    Es gibt inzwischen schon diverse Nutzer, die löschen ihren eigenen Kommentar, in Fremdbeiträgen, relativ schnell wieder.
    Mit einer optionalen Kommentar~Selbstvernichtung, vielleicht nach 4Wochen, Halbjährlich und Jährlich... Oder den Kommentar dauerhaft zu belassen, hätte ein soziales Netzwerk einen weiteren Zusatzpunkt gemacht! ;))

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  62. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0ZKTu3nK9kEOu6GGEnZJ3rQCKif_Sh3N18V4uICEYHVYQA5qxsi1lMGDTlu2XSBoJkHX_3Qp3hjhzWW5Dxj6tcLUPKg6N-mkVG_f=s0

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  63. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/C9mhgXaoskQi3WKf7hiHqf7IZPD8uQ9pMsW0BcL1wqXzqJ5AnO6HOuFEJ4nEBuDWMYk3_auebF0EEF10eit-eqE0BMNcsc8gQxZB=s0

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  64. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/n0K6CteHDIZNP_vJTpCDEXY2_a1qLJoy13ae6obAYkYtZ1V14ZeE6Lf-J78_GiwQezXa2esVnt5eZk543xKBiA_LpPsx4CrYNX3B=s0

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  65. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OWQ6l3ZGWZkNiz9wa6skiKramAJLuMiVr1r1gf-bmWbhtFBIJChMIX40z2zBhvVHpOiEJcAmhfpcGN-X8_esqUkg-mU4GyEDVztc=s0

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  66. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ow0yaQQTFZa9gT9ir78cNmuiMgXNUBsBwxy8re9RZe7XFIBBPPw0wtlLVL5WZ7OizecVs3DZJ88jP49h6RD2asvSOy2TunTrcVSh=s0

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  67. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/BVUAtfVgTpjDNu6wxdCP4LV9R8OHhmV-uFOjNKCTfVtdfl4VL4r5-n1MNE7XzfSR_k7fwXLc3DeWR5I6Rf0mbq3lcG_8EeAWoXz5=s0

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  68. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/CNobo26-hgDhFgxXcwTq40n7EivY2Q1r7x-YzZO96qREshHKjs-hB87NmPrNfO6tD8selizvxKHZXLn5YGN4-D8vwra55Z0cMPkM=s0

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  69. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/IgmpXedUqzm6IKzyy8XsAmvkTj6SQgvucSW8Sld10UyGqCK6rrNQn0TnXZD5fffCbj1X4NMxbdn3Ta7SmHahmV9nELHAzDlVakHK=s0

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  70. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7wQ1H52Brd3QbF_CcyuFJ-9JOVP_SB_JBI1jSEXHq3TNtuZH_sFQOgZeOZ7u3dyPn_K-1i4NoAc6PC8434ohevZtLuAKvLXFpTwD=s0

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  71. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Bmp-wIRT8NftePKDtBy4OM_8AoWBHgcC-HoukofOfvc-c-pqB-FJwVamc9VWeCVMS97VBmTli4zdWUAYPvnSE17Yh4ztLHOB7mlD=s0

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  72. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fALl1jrJIbq-9dG6lLXw1k-RJ5fXeOeOw8bgSXsTBM4okUKRYWZSF3-nJqpA8UUeG_3INyeyB505lfaSDrA5DYSLl2M1wI0IIpli=s0

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  73. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/U_P8ZoeEXx4FPXYIPB1dwcSRPSV7Lh0KgyP7d9CH94bY_36C3bBustyuqc_J6y5eggEwVKll5HEZHdAtxiRaXHulG8u0NJJn_ubY=s0

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  74. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/YUMKfZCy8CA425wI1MMN_tOS4R9M_qeanIJJTO8ClehvksV3ybE_KmOoMP1eykWqdHoeBGD7BKfvZhSxiDnyHns8mhU_Eg89qHTn=s0

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  75. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/UOvu9pshmnKa6Qaw1DQXmn22YARBoxMIMfujI_HsuqNcp92bNi-drUjc3drTK5_CZDvUKvgkGmiuVIm6RSLk9gssXjHONFbPd3Nf=s0

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  76. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4dNGbWrq-HBDHxblOD0NS0m8Exe8XO30m12oElqSofEpilWNDXmkYYenZoOjsyO5IWSbZ0lbS4bSj-47R-pgbLxeX9vBw8SCKwMh=s0

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  77. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lgFOkbc54diIPRbYMExD8DzNWAaJqMsc2ZplarRUBqSOkSlWd9OOGSpErMgdi6wVhAMbA9XuLoutToVySKf7NKB9ba7cfMu3eoxb=s0

    ReplyDelete
  78. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XrSrdEhN-_UrmhQjWHt6K2hfvcnezGCNn5zfBIFXe9y3a1tBGWrQdhlxCtd9mEQ_LkPcDtnQbGfTjfXNRE7IIL66DuuebSpX1mJP=s0

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  79. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hAKyM27SatcvBHYXolics_LnaOWMQpNUzEsGuo9W4wYGXwSN4jZ_vbgcj9LrOTqISpdeX_Y-oL5zQ5Mq4OESmdRrp1LPHFEkp068=s0

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  80. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VrdzQkQu44YLEKzULittm-pmrnYP9Bb1vgz5S8x_PSteXMo6MhbAIFaXorhotgi2N2euOJjIv8-og1Os42vmeWdL764drZ76iMWg=s0

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  81. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_X5k5OHOSiHctIG9zcPqLxzQ8JNppX9cZhkY4tnw_w7HPmdBTZnKGu6zgC8T7aJBe0dGjY145rHow4GSLghYxBMHva_uH03HEzpb=s0

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  82. Andi Droid
    Re: " Because so far there is nothing comparable to Google+." Strongly agree. For six or more major reasons.

    Re integrated translation:
    Very helpful but technically not a blocking issue.

    Re: modest advertising for free accounts:
    Sure. Why not?



    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3N4CuBXQUYFTPj8kOQjOgxVpdFNgDWLlcpC4xlzMnGsMPtyhKckXKZKHUI49f8oewGvMGmrEBd8MfgoHBTs4l9mIf22N6eZ7wbg1=s0

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  83. Andi Droid > 3. Um mit Openbook Erfolg zu haben, muss es
    > unbedingt eine integrierte Übersetzer-Funktion, so wie hier auf
    > G+ geben!

    Agreed!

    > 4. Kommen die Nutzer eines sozialen Netzwerk gleichzeitig
    > über Browser und über App. So machen es fast alle, die ich
    > kenne auch bei G+.

    Not necessarily; I use a personal computer, but not a smartphone (I do use a feature phone).

    > 5. Ist es wichtig für die Nutzer, dass deren Beiträge auch leicht
    > von ausserhalb der Plattform gefunden werden!

    Yes.

    > 6. Ist es unbedingt notwendig, dass die Rechte der Nutzer, an
    > eigenen Daten und eigenen Beiträgen, unangetastet in der
    > Datenhoheit des jeweiligen Nutzers bleiben!!

    Yes.

    > 9. Ein kleiner, zurückhaltender Anteil von Werbung würde jetzt,
    > nach dem G+ Debakel, sich für ein unbegreztes kostenloses
    > Nutzerkonto akzeptiert werden.

    The answer to this issue is probably different for each user. In my case, I would rather pay a very small fee to avoid advertising. (For example, currently I voluntarily pay $3/month to support Dreamwidth, even though it is possible to subscribe for free for fewer services.)

    > Mit einer optionalen Kommentar~Selbstvernichtung, vielleicht
    > nach 4Wochen, Halbjährlich und Jährlich... Oder den
    > Kommentar dauerhaft zu belassen, hätte ein soziales
    > Netzwerk einen weiteren Zusatzpunkt gemacht! ;))

    Again, the answer to this issue is probably different for each user. In my case, I would probably prefer to have my comments remain permanently so long as there is no timeline function (it is important that a timeline function not exist).

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  84. Benjamin Russell
    Oh!,... Wenn die Sprachen innerhalb eines Kommentar gemischt sind, dann funktioniert die Funktion der Übersetzung leider nicht. :-/
    Es tut mir sehr leid, lieber Benjamin, ich kann leider nur die deutsche Sprache...
    Jetzt kann ich deine nicht lesen...
    Deshalb kann ich es nicht beantworten...

    Einen schönen, friedlichen 1. Adventsonntag voller Freude und Gemütlichkeit, für dich und beste Grüße : ))

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  85. Andi Droid In that case, since Google Translate cannot handle mixed natural languages, how about this format?

    > 3....

    Agreed!

    > 4....

    Not necessarily; I use a personal computer, but not a smartphone (I do use a feature phone).

    > 5....

    Yes.

    > 6....

    Yes.

    > 9....

    The answer to this issue is probably different for each user. In my case, I would rather pay a very small fee to avoid advertising. (For example, currently I voluntarily pay $3/month to support Dreamwidth, even though it is possible to subscribe for free for fewer services.)

    Regarding the issue of permanency of comments, the answer is probably different for each user. In my case, I would probably prefer to have my comments remain permanently so long as there is no timeline function (it is important that a timeline function not exist).

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  86. Benjamin Russell​
    Ja!, so funktioniert es wieder sehr gut... ;))

    Ich verwende überwiegend mein Tablet und zwischendurch, mindestens einmal pro Woche den PC.
    Aber ich habe viele Freunde, die verwenden täglich Smartphone [App] & Notebook oder PC [direkt über eigenen Browser].

    Tatsächlich, es ist bei unterschiedlichen Anwendern, eine ganz individuelle Entscheidung.
    Ich denke, auch wenn wir die Hoheit über unsere eigenen Daten behalten...
    Wir hinterlassen dennoch auch immer Datenspuren, die für "Anbieter/Betreiber" einen gewissen gewinnträchtigen Vorteil bringen...
    Und durch die jeweilige Verwendung von Plattformen... Verbessern die Nutzer automatisch die Performance eines Systems. Auch das ist ein Gewinn für den jeweiligen Anbieter!! ;)
    Also ist es für beide Seiten nur eine Gerechtigkeit, wenn die nicht kommerziellen Anwender, eine soziale Plattform kostenlos nutzen können!!
    Deshalb ziehe ich persöhlich ein korrektes, kostenloses Modell vor!!
    Allerdings ist mir auch bekannt...
    Wenn die Nutzer sich zwischen Zahlen oder Werbung entscheiden sollten...
    Viele würden bei kostenpflichtigen Modellen die Plattform verlassen...
    Und viele würden einen geringen, unscheinbaren Werbeanteil noch akzeptieren.
    Sollte es jedoch zu viel Werbung geben, dann wäre auch das für viele Freunde nicht mehr akzeptabel.

    Ah!,... Es war nur ein Hinweis...
    Denn es tendiert Gesellschaftlich immer mehr in diese Meinungsrichtung...
    Es sollte gut sein, auch bezüglich Kommentaren in sozialen Netzwerken, eine Timeline-Funktion zu haben.
    Ein soziales Netzwerk, dass diese Auswahlfunktion zusätzlich hat... [also die Wahl zwischen dauerhaft bestehen oder dem automatischen Verschwinden der eigenen Kommentare, nach einer festgelegten Zeit]
    ...ist sicher im Vorteil, gegenüber gleichwertigen Netzwerken, ohne derartige Zusatzoptionen. ;)

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  87. Andi Droid Regarding the timeline feature, I disagree. The problem with the timeline feature is that it allows employers to discriminate against certain types of employees much more easily.

    For example, suppose that someone were a game otaku who translated game technology patents for a patent translation company, and that this person submitted many posts regarding enthusiasm toward both game technology and games in general.

    Now, suppose that this person later switched jobs to computer science research paper translation for a research paper translation company.

    Most scholars are not game otaku, and most game otaku are not scholars. Most scholars submitting computer science research papers do not appreciate game otaku subculture. Furthermore, most translators of such research papers (who are usually either scholars or former scholars) do not appreciate game otaku subculture, either.

    This means that it is now necessary for the game otaku, who has now turned into a scholar, to behave as if he or she was never a game otaku in the first place.

    However, this is impossible if the posts were submitted to a social network service that employs a timeline function.

    This is the reason that I do not use any social network service that uses a timeline function. (It is also one reason that I stopped using Facebook, in particular.)

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  88. Benjamin Russell
    Ah!...
    Es scheint ein kleines Missverständnis... ;)
    Eine Timeline-Funktion darf nicht automatisch !!!!!
    Der Kommentar ~ Schreiber soll immer die Selbstbestimmung behalten!
    Die Timeline-Funktion sollte nur eine zusätzliche Wahl der Selbstbestimmung sein.
    Dann kann jeder Kommentargeber selbst entscheiden, wie lange der Kommentar sichtbar bleiben soll... Ob für immer oder nur auf einige Monate begrenzt. ;)

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  89. Andi Droid Unfortunately, even in your proposed voluntary timeline system, your proposed solution does not work if a prospective employer requires that any prospective employee give login credentials to that prospective employer.

    What happens if the prospective employee does not have enough capital to pay for rent for the next month, and that prospective employer is the only alternative?

    Personally, I would rather simply avoid using any social network service that uses a timeline in the first place.

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  90. Benjamin Russell
    Ah!,... Gut, das ist ein Punkt! ;)

    Ich persönlich trenne grundsätzlich immer ganz strikt, die Bereiche Arbeit und Privat.
    Deshalb würde es bei mir nicht kollidieren. ;)

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  91. Andi Droid I see; personally, since I had to take care of my elder mother, who could not take care of herself, at home, I asked my former employer for special permission to code at my desk at work when not translating documents. Therefore, your policy of strict separation of the areas of work and private life would not work for me.

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  92. Benjamin Russell
    Ah!,... Ich habe dafür auch die strikte Trennung der Technik.
    Also ein eigenes, privates technisches Gerät...
    und ein technisches Gerät, für meine Arbeiten für den Arbeitgeber.
    Die Dinge, die ich benötige, um meine Arbeit zu erledigen, muss der Arbeitgeber bezahlen.
    Ich trenne Privat und Arbeit tatsächlich bis in die kleinsten Kleinigkeiten.
    Es ist manchmal etwas unbequem für mich...
    Aber diese Trennung hat sich auch schon oftmals als Vorteil für mich erwiesen.

    Es ist sehr schön und vorbildlich, du hast dich um deine Mutter gekümmert, lieber Benjamin!!
    Das ist in unserer Zeit leider keine Selbstverständlichkeit. Deshalb meine Hochachtung zu dir!! : ))

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  93. Andi Droid Thank you. To my mother, I am her only child. Therefore, at the time, I had no choice but to take care of her at home. Furthermore, I am an American citizen. Thus, I needed her, as a Japanese citizen, to sponsor my stay in Japan. Accordingly, at the time, I could not move out.

    I am nocturnal, and there is no local library or bookstore that is open when I am usually awake during midnight hours. Therefore, the only solution was to study at my desk at work when I was not translating.

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